ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΥ, παραλογου
PARALOGOU, paralogou
Sounds Like: pa-ra-LOH-goo
Translations: unexpected, unreasonable, absurd, contrary to expectation, a surprise, an unexpected event, of the unexpected, of the unreasonable
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something that is unexpected, contrary to reason, or absurd. It can refer to an event that happens by surprise or a situation that defies logical explanation. In the provided context, 'ἐκ παραλόγου' (ek paralogou) means 'unexpectedly' or 'by surprise', indicating an event that occurred without prior anticipation.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3879 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΑ — unreasonable, absurd, illogical, contrary to reason, irrational, unexpected, surprisingly
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΙ — unreasonable, absurd, irrational, illogical, an unreasonable thing, an absurdity
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΝ — unreasonable, absurd, irrational, unexpected, contrary to reason, an unreasonable thing, an absurd thing
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΣ — contrary to reason, unreasonable, absurd, unexpected, unforeseen
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΩΣ — unreasonably, absurdly, improperly, contrary to reason, unexpectedly
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΩΤΑΤΑ — most unreasonably, most absurdly, most illogically, most contrary to reason
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