verb

paralogizemō

Greekπαραλογίζομαι (paralogizomai)

Strong’sG3884

I deceive, beguile

stem paralogiz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

Translated as

deceive1×deceiving1×

What it means

παρα-λογίζομαι,

[in LXX chiefly for רמה pi.;]

1. to miscalculate.

2. to reason falsely, hence, to mislead: Col 2:4, Ja 1:22.†

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

Strong’s G3884 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-al-og-id'-zom-ahee

to misreckon, i.e. delude

Fromfrom G3844 and G3049;

King Jamesbeguile, deceive.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
paralogizeteiōπαραλογίζηται	happening now · he/she/itpresent middle subjunctive 3rd person singular	deceive	1×
paralogizerōtoisπαραλογιζόμενοι	happening now · subjectpresent middle participle nominative plural masculine	deceiving	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	paralogizemō	paralogizeme	paralogizemi	paralogizema	paralogizemē	paralogizemelē
you 2nd person singular	paralogizesō	paralogizese	paralogizesi	paralogizesa	paralogizesē	paralogizeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralogizetō	paralogizete	paralogizeti	paralogizeta	paralogizetē	paralogizetelē
we 1st person plural	paralogizenō	paralogizene	paralogizeni	paralogizena	paralogizenē	paralogizenelē
ye 2nd person plural	paralogizevō	paralogizeve	paralogizevi	paralogizeva	paralogizevē	paralogizevelē
they 3rd person plural	paralogizelō	paralogizele	paralogizeli	paralogizela	paralogizelē	paralogizelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	paralogizemeiō	paralogizemeia	paralogizemeiē
you 2nd person singular	paralogizeseiō	paralogizeseia	paralogizeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralogizeteiō1×παραλογίζηται	paralogizeteia	paralogizeteiē
we 1st person plural	paralogizeneiō	paralogizeneia	paralogizeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	paralogizeveiō	paralogizeveia	paralogizeveiē
they 3rd person plural	paralogizeleiō	paralogizeleia	paralogizeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	paralogizesōr	paralogizesar	paralogizesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralogizetōr	paralogizetar	paralogizetēr
ye 2nd person plural	paralogizevōr	paralogizevar	paralogizevēr
they 3rd person plural	paralogizelōr	paralogizelar	paralogizelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	paralogizemoiō	paralogizemoia
you 2nd person singular	paralogizesoiō	paralogizesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralogizetoiō	paralogizetoia
we 1st person plural	paralogizenoiō	paralogizenoia
ye 2nd person plural	paralogizevoiō	paralogizevoia
they 3rd person plural	paralogizeloiō	paralogizeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	paralogizerō	paralogizeri	paralogizera	paralogizerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	paralogizerōtos1×	paralogizeritos	paralogizeratos	paralogizerētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

paralogizstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

paralogiz 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

paralogizeteiō“deceive”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle subjunctive 3rd person singular1×

Colossians 2:4“deceive”houtem legamō hina mēdenos vin paralogizeteiō en pithanologia.I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

paralogizerōtois“deceiving”happening now · subjectpresent middle participle nominative plural masculine1×

James 1:22“deceiving”Ginevōr de poiētois logou kai mē akroatois monem paralogizerōtois heautoin.Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.