Lexicon
παράδοξος
paradoxos
G3861
G:A Greek

remarkable

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Paradoxos describes things seen as extraordinary, voiced amid amazement and fear.

In Luke 5:26, the neuter plural form characterizes the things the speakers say they have seen, within a response of amazement, glorifying God, and fear.

Senses in use

  1. Extraordinary things witnessed · dominant

    In Luke 5:26, παράδοξα is an accusative plural neuter adjective describing the things the speakers say they have seen after amazement seizes the group. The APB renders the clause, "We have seen remarkable things today."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 5:26, the APB presents the clause as "We have seen remarkable things today." This rendering confirms the verse's presentation without isolating each Greek word mechanically.

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