STRONGS NUMBER G3884


Word Summary
paralogizomai: to miscalculate, to reason falsely
Original Word: παραλογίζομαι
Transliteration: paralogizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (par-al-og-id'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to miscalculate, to reason falsely
Meaning: to miscalculate, to reason falsely
Strong's Concordance
beguile, deceive.

From para and logizomai; to misreckon, i.e. Delude -- beguile, deceive.

see GREEK para

see GREEK logizomai

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3884: παραλογίζομαι

παραλογίζομαι; (see παρά, IV. 2);

a. to reckon wrong, miscount: Demosthenes, p. 822, 25; 1037, 15.

b. to cheat by false reckoning (Aeschines, Aristotle); to deceive by false reasoning (joined to ἐξαπαταν, Epictetus diss. 2, 20, 7); hence,

c. universally, to deceive, delude, circumvent: τινα, Colossians 2:4; James 1:22 (the Sept. several times for רִמָּה).