Paradoxos means “strange” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3861 — lahen (“except”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3861 παράδοξος (paradoxos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. paradoxos (par-ad'-ox-os) adj. 1. contrary to expectation, i.e. extraordinary ("paradox") [from G3844 and G1391 (in the sense of seeming)] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include strange. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
paradoxos (par-ad'-ox-os) adj. 1. contrary to expectation, i.e. extraordinary ("paradox") [from G3844 and G1391 (in the sense of seeming)] KJV: strange Root(s): G3844, G1391
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3861. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
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Usage: παράδοξος, -ον (παρά, δόξα), [in LXX: Jdth.13:13, Wis.5:2 16:17 19:5, Sir.43:25; 2-4 Mac 3 * ;] contrary to received opinion, incredible, marvellous: pl., Luk.5:26.† SYN.: see: δύναμις (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paradoxos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3861 (παράδοξος) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And then they ran all together, both small and great, for it was strange unto them that she was come: so they opened the gate, and received them, and made a fire for a light, and stood round about them.
So, also, the king collected a number of guests for the occasion, and returned unceasing thanks with much magnificence for the unexpected deliverance afforded him.
It alloweth not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy, but preserveth it from the destroyers, and collecteth their fallen ruins.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3861.
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
And then they ran all together, both small and great, for it was strange unto them that she was come: so they opened the gate, and received them, and made a fire for a light, and stood round about them.
So, also, the king collected a number of guests for the occasion, and returned unceasing thanks with much magnificence for the unexpected deliverance afforded him.
It alloweth not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy, but preserveth it from the destroyers, and collecteth their fallen ruins.
When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, And shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, So far beyond all that they looked for.
For, which is most to be wondered at, The fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all things: For the world fighteth for the righteous.
And that thy people might pass through a wonderful way: But they might find a strange death.
For therein be strange and wondrous works, Variety of all kinds of beasts, the race of whales.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3861, grouped by book.
Paradoxos (Strong's G3861) is a Greek word most simply glossed "strange". paradoxos (par-ad'-ox-os) adj. 1. contrary to expectation, i.e. extraordinary ("paradox") [from G3844 and G1391 (in the sense of seeming)]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G3861 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3861 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strange. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3861, with linked reader references where each row is available.