Quick Definition
παράδοξος, ον Adj unexpected, strange, wonderful
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and 1391 (in the sense of seeming); contrary to expectation, i.e. extraordinary ("paradox")
KJV Usage: strange
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | δοκέω
31.44 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Believe To Be True
difficult to believe, unusual, incredible pertaining to being difficult to be believed It would also be possible to translate εἴδομεν παράδοξα σήμερον as ‘we have seen today things we can hardly believe’ or even ‘... things which people would scarcely believe.’ For another interpretation of παράδοξος in LUK 5:26, see 58.56.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παράδοξος, -ov, (παρά contrary to [see παρά, IV. 2], and δόξα opinion ; hence i. q. 6 παρὰ τὴν δύξαν ὧν), unexpected, uncommon, incredible, wonderful : neut. plur. Lk. v. 26[A. V. strange things, οἵ. Trench § xci. fin.]. (Judith xiii. 13; Sap. v. 2, ete. ; Sir. xliii. 25; 2 Mace. ix. 24; 4 Mace. ii. 14; Xen., Plat., Polyb., Ael. v. ἢ. 4, 25; Leian. dial. deor. 20,7; 9,2; Joseph.c. Ap. 1,10, 2; Hdian. 1, 1, 5 [(4 Bekk.)].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παράδοξος paradoxos 1x
unexpected; strange, wonderful, astonishing, Lk. 5:26*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** παράδοξος, -ον
(< παρά, δόξα), [in LXX: Jth 13:13, Wi 5:2 16:17 19:5, Si 43:25; II-IV Mac3*;]
contrary to received opinion, incredible, marvellous: pl., Lk 5:26.†
SYN.: v.s. δύναμις.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παράδοξος her son arrives. It may be noted that in Ac 153 Field (Notes, p. 124) understands the verb of men “pledging ” their lives ; see also his note on 1 Cor 13% (p. 176f.). (2) The use of παραδίδωμι with the correlative mapaλαμβάνω, as in 1 Cor 11%, 158, may be illustrated from CP Herm I. r1giii-22 (lease of a house) ἐν τέλει τοῦ χρόνου παραδώσω σὺν θύραις ὃν [ὡ]ς παρίληφα, BGU IV. rors*4 (iii/A.D.) μετὰ τὸν χρόνον παραδώσο τὰς ἀρούρας καθαρὰς ὡς παρέλαβον, and P Thead 8% (A.D. 306) παραδώσω τούς τε alyas καὶ πρόβατα... . εὐάρεστα πάντα καθὼς κἀγὼ παρέλαβον. (3) The additional thought of ‘‘ deliver up”’ to prison or judgment appears in such passages as P Petr III. 28 (e) verso (6)4 (iii/B.c.) παρεδόθη δὲ Τ]αῶτι δεσμοφύλακι, ‘* but he was handed over to Paos the gaoler,’’ in connexion with the breaking into a house: cf. P Hib I. 54%! (c. B.c. 245) τὸ σῶμα δὲ ci συνείληφας παράδος [[avto]] Σεμφθεῖ ὅπως διακομίσηι ἡμῖν, “and if you have arrested the slave, deliver him to Semphtheus to bring to me’ (Edd.), 76. 598. (ἐς B.C. 245) ἀπόστειλον πρὸς ἡμᾶς μετὰ φυλακῆ[ς] τὴν παραδοθεῖσάν σοι ἔχουσαν τὸ κλέπιμον ἔλαιον καὶ τὸν παραδόντα σοι ἀπόστειλοϊίν, “send to us under guard the woman who was delivered to you with the contraband oil in her possession, and send also the person who delivered her to you”’ (Edd.), and OGZS 669} (i/A.D.) εἴς τε τὸ πρακτόρειόν τινας παρέδοσαν. It is further noteworthy that the language of 1 Cor 55, 1 Tim 12°, can be illustrated from pagan execratory formulas, e.g. the great magical Paris papyrus P Par 5741247 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 114) παραδίδωμί σε εἰς τὸ μέλαν χάος ἐν ταῖς amwAl(=eljats, ‘I shall give you over to black chaos in utter destruction,’’ and P Lond 46585 (iv/A.D.) (=I. p. 75) vexv8alpov . . . παραδίδωμί σοι τὸν δ(εῖνα), ὅπως . . .: see Deissmann LAL, p. 303f. MGr παραδίδω, ‘ surrender.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παράδοξος (paradoxos) — remarkable. παράδοξος, ον, contrary to expectation, incredible, π. λόγος a paradox, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ παραδόξου καὶ παραλόγου contrary to all expectation, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; παράδοξα Stoical paradoxes, [Refs] {παραδοξότης}: comparative, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative, [LXX]. adverb -ξως[Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; -οτάτως [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. παράδοξος, title of distinguished athletes, musicians, and artists of all kinds, the Admirable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]