Original Word: παράδοξος, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: paradoxos
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad'-ox-os)
Short Definition: unexpected, strange, wonderful
Definition: unexpected, strange, wonderful, astonishing.STRONGS NT 3861: παράδοξος

παράδοξος, παράδοξον (παρά contrary to (see παρά, IV. 2), and δόξα opinion; hence, equivalent to ὁ παρά τήν δόξαν ὤν), unexpected, uncommon, incredible, wonderful: neuter plural Luke 5:26 (A. V. strange things, cf. Trench, § 91 at the end). (Judith 13:13; Wis. 5:2 etc.; Sir. 43:25; 2 Macc. 9:24; 4 Macc. 2:14; Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Aelian v. h. 4, 25; Lucian, dial. deor. 20, 7; 9, 2; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 10, 2; Herodian, 1, 1, 5 ((4 Bekker)).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

strange.

From para and doxa (in the sense of seeming); contrary to expectation, i.e. Extraordinary ("paradox") -- strange.

see GREEK para

see GREEK doxa

Forms and Transliterations

παραδοξα παράδοξα paradoxa parádoxa

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