ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩΣ, παραδοξως
PARADOXŌS, paradoxōs
Sounds Like: pah-rah-DOK-sohs
Translations: unexpectedly, surprisingly, strangely, contrary to expectation, paradoxically
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'unexpectedly' or 'surprisingly'. It describes an action or event that happens in a way that is contrary to what one would expect or believe. It can be used to emphasize the unusual or astonishing nature of something.
Inflection: Does not inflect (adverbial form of the adjective 'paradoxos')
Strong’s number: G3861 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 4:14
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 14:75
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 71:394
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 4:14
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
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩΝ — of paradoxes, of unexpected things, of marvelous things, of strange things, of incredible things
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