ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΙ, παραλογοι
PARALOGOI, paralogoi
Sounds Like: pa-ra-LOH-goi
Translations: unreasonable, absurd, irrational, illogical, an unreasonable thing, an absurdity
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something that is contrary to reason, illogical, or absurd. It can be used as an adjective to describe a person or a thing, or as a noun referring to an unreasonable or absurd matter. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'contrary to', and 'λόγος' (logos), meaning 'reason' or 'word'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3870 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:13
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
- 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
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΩΣ — unreasonably, absurdly, improperly, contrary to reason, unexpectedly
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΩΤΑΤΑ — most unreasonably, most absurdly, most illogically, most contrary to reason
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