UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: παράδοξος; -ον

Related lemmas: δοκέω

Sense 1: difficult to believe, unusual, incredible

Semantic entry: 31.44

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Believe To Be True

Definition: pertaining to being difficult to be believed

Notes: 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 RV LUK 5:26 · LV LUK 5:26 · Read together LUK 5:26, see 58.56: παράδοξος.

LUK 5:26: RV LUK 5:26 · LV LUK 5:26 · Read together LUK 5:26

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OET-RV LUK 5:26

26 Everyone was astounded and they too praised God. But there was also a feeling of fear and they said, “We’ve witnessed something out-of-the-normal today!”

OET-LV LUK 5:26

26 And amazement took all, and they _were _glorifying the god, and they _were _filled with _fear saying, that We _saw remarkable things today.

Sense 2: unusual, remarkable

Semantic entry: 58.56

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Unusual, Different From the Ordinary

Definition: pertaining to that which is unusual in the sense of contrary to expectations

Notes: For another interpretation of παράδοξος in RV LUK 5:26 · LV LUK 5:26 · Read together LUK 5:26, see 31.44: παράδοξος.