Quick Definition
παραλογίζομαι v. I deceive, beguile
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and 3049; to misreckon, i.e. delude
KJV Usage: beguile, deceive
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παραλογίζομαι paralogizomai 2x
to misreckon, make a false reckoning; to impose upon, deceive, delude, circumvent, Col. 2:4; Jas. 1:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρα-λογίζομαι,
[in LXX chiefly for רמה pi.;]
to miscalculate.
to reason falsely, hence, to mislead: Col 2:4, Ja 1:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παραλογίζομαι. The first'meaning ‘‘cheat in reckoning”? which Hort (ad Jas 133) finds in this word is well illustrated by OG/S 66518 (A.D. 48) δαπάνας ἀδίκους καὶ mapadoyio|[Belojas (‘* fraudulently reckoned”). For the verb = ‘‘cheat,’’ ‘* delude,”’ in general we may cite P Magd 29° (B.c. 218) παραλελόγισταί pe, P Amh 11. 35%? (B.c. 132) παραλογισάμενος τοὺς παρ᾽ ἡμῶν γεωργούς. In P Oxy I. 34 versol® ((Α.Ὁ. 127) ἐπεὶ »" ‘ , παραμένω ὑπεύθυνός ἐστιν ὡς παραλογίσασθαί τι βουληθεὶς τῶν δεόντων, the reference is to a keeper of a state library, who had shown a willingness to ‘‘ make a wrong use of’ certain documents. Cf. Col 2*, where the verb points to drawing an erroneous conclusion from the reasoning submitted. The subst. παραλογισμός seems always to point to wilful error; see e.g. P Lond 2435 (B.c. 163) (=I. p. 32, UPZ i. p. 118) ἐφ᾽ ols διαπέπρακται ἐπὶ παραλογισμῶι, ‘what he had carried through in a deceitful manner.”” P Oxy VIII. 1103° (A.D. 360) τῶν νεολέκτων τῶν στρατευθέντων ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν ἐκ παραλογισμοῦ ἀνενεγκόντων ὡς μὴ πληρωθέντων τοῦ συνφώνου τοῦ πρὸς αὐτούς, “the new levies raised by us for military service had falsely represented themselves as not having received the sum agreed upon with them” (Ed.): cf. Aristeas 250 where womankind is said to be subject to sudden changes of opinion διὰ παραλογισμοῦ, “through fallacious reasoning.” For παραλογεία cf. P Amh IT. 3315 (c. B.C. 157) ἀδικημάτω[ν] kal παραλογειῶν σίτου τε kal χαλκοῦ, ‘‘ misdeeds and peculations of both corn and money” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παραλογίζομαι (paralogizomai) — to deceive. παραλογ-ίζομαι, in keeping accounts, cheat, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with double accusative, defraud of, π. τρία ἡμιωβέλια τοὺς ναοποιούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; reckon fraudulently, τὸν μισθόν [LXX+2nd c.AD+]: generally, defraud, τινα [LXX+3rd c.BC+]:—passive, δαπάνας παραλογισθείσας [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. reason falsely, use fallacies, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. b draw a false inference, π. ἡ ψυχή [Refs]
II.2. mislead by fallacious reasoning, σφᾶς αὐτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεγάλα τὴν πόγιν π. [Refs]:— passive, to be misled by fallacious reasoning, π. ἡ διάνοια ὑπό τινων [Refs 4th c.BC+] O.:—passive and middle opposed, παραλογισθῆναι καὶ παραλογίσασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. disguise, τῆς ἐσθῆτος ὄψις παραλογιζομένη τὴν ἐπιδημίαν ἡμῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+]