ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩΝ, παραδοξων
PARADOXŌN, paradoxōn
Sounds Like: pa-ra-DOX-ohn
Translations: of paradoxes, of unexpected things, of marvelous things, of strange things, of incredible things
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is contrary to expectation, incredible, or marvelous. It is often used to refer to things that are surprising or extraordinary, sometimes in a positive sense (marvelous) and sometimes in a neutral or negative sense (strange, unexpected). It is a compound word formed from 'para' (beside, beyond) and 'doxa' (opinion, expectation).
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3861 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 133:1
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΑ — paradoxical, strange, wonderful, marvelous, extraordinary things, wonders
- 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
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩΣ — unexpectedly, surprisingly, strangely, contrary to expectation, paradoxically
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