Strong's Concordance paralogizomai: to miscalculate, to reason falsely Original Word: παραλογίζομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paralogizomai Phonetic Spelling: (par-al-og-id'-zom-ahee) Definition: to miscalculate, to reason falsely Usage: I deceive, beguile, reason falsely, mislead. HELPS Word-studies 3884 paralogízomai (from 3844 /pará, "contrary when compared side-by-side" and 3049 /logízomai, "to reason") – properly, to reason contrary to truth, in a misleading (erroneous) way. 3884 /paralogízomai ("deceive close-beside") operates by distorted reasoning – using what seems "plausible" but later lets the person down ("disappoints"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom para and logizomai Definition to miscalculate, to reason falsely NASB Translation delude (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3884: παραλογίζομαιπαραλογίζομαι; (see παρά, IV. 2); a. to reckon wrong, miscount: Demosthenes, p. 822, 25; 1037, 15. b. to cheat by false reckoning (Aeschines, Aristotle); to deceive by false reasoning (joined to ἐξαπαταν, Epictetus diss. 2, 20, 7); hence, c. universally, to deceive, delude, circumvent: τινα, Colossians 2:4; James 1:22 (the Sept. several times for רִמָּה). From para and logizomai; to misreckon, i.e. Delude -- beguile, deceive. see GREEK para see GREEK logizomai Englishman's Concordance Colossians 2:4 V-PSM/P-3SGRK: μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς παραλογίζηται ἐν πιθανολογίᾳ NAS: that no one will delude you with persuasive argument. KJV: lest any man should beguile you with INT: no one you might delude by persuasive speech James 1:22 V-PPM/P-NMP Strong's Greek 3884 |