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adjective

paradoxem

Greekπαράδοξος (paradoxos)

Strong’sG3861

unexpected, strange, wonderful

stem paradox-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

strange

What it means

** παράδοξος, -ον

(< παρά, δόξα), [in LXX: Jth 13:13, Wi 5:2 16:17 19:5, Si 43:25; II-IV Mac3*;]

contrary to received opinion, incredible, marvellous: pl., Lk 5:26.†

SYN.: v.s. δύναμις.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3861 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-ad'-ox-os

contrary to expectation, i.e. extraordinary ("paradox")

Fromfrom G3844 and G1391 (in the sense of seeming);

King Jamesstrange.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence casemasculine singularfeminine singularneuter singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralneuter plural
subject nominativeparadoxosparadoxasparadoxemparadoxoisparadoxaisparadoxeimπαράδοξα
object accusativeparadoxonparadoxanparadoxoinparadoxain
direct address vocativeparadoxorparadoxarparadoxoirparadoxair
of, belonging to genitiveparadoxouparadoxauparadoxeuparadoxoiuparadoxaiuparadoxeiu
to, for dativeparadoxoparadoxaparadoxeparadoxoiparadoxaiparadoxei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
paradoxstem+oaegender+smnruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

paradox is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

paradoxeim“strange”subject or objectdirect plural

Luke 5:26“strange”kai ekstasias lambata hapantoin kai doxazale ton theon, kai pimplēila fobou legarōtois hoti Horana paradoxeim sēmeron.Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”