ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΑ, παραδοξα
PARADOXA, paradoxa
Sounds Like: pah-rah-DOK-sah
Translations: paradoxical, strange, wonderful, marvelous, extraordinary things, wonders
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something that is contrary to expectation, unusual, or extraordinary. It can function as an adjective meaning 'paradoxical' or 'strange', or as a neuter plural noun meaning 'wonders' or 'marvelous things'. In the provided examples, it is used in the neuter plural to refer to 'wonders' or 'marvelous works'.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3861 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:15
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 43:25
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 5:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΑΤΩΝ — of paradoxical things, of unexpected things, of strange things, of wonderful things, of marvelous things
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΣ — paradoxical, strange, unusual, unexpected, marvelous, wonderful, incredible
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most paradoxical, most incredible, most astonishing, most unexpected, most contrary to expectation
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more paradoxical, more strange, more unusual, more unexpected
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΥ — of paradox, of unexpected, of incredible, of strange, of wonderful, of contrary to opinion
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΥΣ — paradoxical, strange, wonderful, marvelous, incredible, unexpected
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩ — paradoxical, unexpected, contrary to expectation, strange, wonderful, marvelous, incredible
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩΝ — of paradoxes, of unexpected things, of marvelous things, of strange things, of incredible things
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩΣ — unexpectedly, surprisingly, strangely, contrary to expectation, paradoxically
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