ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΩΣ, παραλογως
PARALOGŌS, paralogōs
Sounds Like: pah-rah-lo-GOHSS
Translations: unreasonably, absurdly, improperly, contrary to reason, unexpectedly
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'unreasonably' or 'absurdly'. It describes an action or state that goes against logic, reason, or expectation. It can be used to describe someone acting in a way that is illogical or unexpected, or something happening in a way that is contrary to what one would anticipate. It is derived from the adjective 'παράλογος' (paralogos), meaning 'unreasonable' or 'absurd'.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G3870 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:85
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 6:116
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 11:1
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
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΥ — unexpected, unreasonable, absurd, contrary to expectation, a surprise, an unexpected event, of the unexpected, of the unreasonable
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΩΤΑΤΑ — most unreasonably, most absurdly, most illogically, most contrary to reason
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