King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3861
Transliteration: paradoxos
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad'-ox-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: contrary to opinion or expectation
Meaning: contrary to opinion or expectation
παράδοξος, παράδοξον (παρά contrary to (see παρά, IV. 2), and δόξα opinion; hence, equivalent to ὁ παρά τήν δόξαν ὤν), unexpected, uncommon, incredible, wonderful: neuter plural Luke 5:26 (A. V. strange things, cf. Trench, § 91 at the end). (Judith 13:13; Wis. 5:2 etc.; Sir. 43:25; 2 Macc. 9:24; 4 Macc. 2:14; Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Aelian v. h. 4, 25; Lucian, dial. deor. 20, 7; 9, 2; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 10, 2; Herodian, 1, 1, 5 ((4 Bekker)).)
Word Summary
paradoxos: contrary to opinion or expectation
Original Word: παράδοξοςTransliteration: paradoxos
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad'-ox-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: contrary to opinion or expectation
Meaning: contrary to opinion or expectation
Strong's Concordance
strange. From para and doxa (in the sense of seeming); contrary to expectation, i.e. Extraordinary ("paradox") -- strange.
see GREEK para
see GREEK doxa
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3861: παράδοξοςπαράδοξος, παράδοξον (παρά contrary to (see παρά, IV. 2), and δόξα opinion; hence, equivalent to ὁ παρά τήν δόξαν ὤν), unexpected, uncommon, incredible, wonderful: neuter plural Luke 5:26 (A. V. strange things, cf. Trench, § 91 at the end). (Judith 13:13; Wis. 5:2 etc.; Sir. 43:25; 2 Macc. 9:24; 4 Macc. 2:14; Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Aelian v. h. 4, 25; Lucian, dial. deor. 20, 7; 9, 2; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 10, 2; Herodian, 1, 1, 5 ((4 Bekker)).)