Strong G3884παραλογίζομαι

to deceive

Transliteration
paralogizomai
Pronunciation
par-al-og-id'-zom-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3844 and G3049; to misreckon that is delude: - beguile deceive.

Detailed definition

παρα-λογίζομαι
[in LXX chiefly for רָמָה pi.;]
1. to miscalculate.

2. to reason falsely, hence, to mislead: Col.2:4, Jas.1:22.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3884 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • beguile1
  • deceive1

First verses

  1. Colossians 2:4
    And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
  2. James 1:22
    But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παραλογ-ίζομαι,
in keeping accounts, cheat, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.29, 41.30, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 32)]: with double accusative, defraud of, π. τρία ἡμιωβέλια τοὺς ναοποιούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1374b26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.243)]; reckon fraudulently, τὸν μισθόν [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.31.41; τὰ πορθμεῖα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 4.1)]: generally, defraud, τινα [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.29.25, “PMagd.” 29.5 (3rd c.BC))]:—passive, δαπάνας παραλογισθείσας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 665.15 (Egypt, 1st c.AD).)]
II reason falsely, use fallacies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 186a10, 239b5.)]
II.b draw a false inference, π. ἡ ψυχή [Refs ([prev. author] “Po.” 1460a25, “Rh.” 1408a20; π. ὁ ἀκροατής [prev. work] 1401b8.)]
II.2 mislead by fallacious reasoning, σφᾶς αὐτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 6.12; σαυτόν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.221, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.134S.; ἀπάτῃ τινὶ π. τινάς 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.117)]; μεγάλα τὴν πόγιν π. [Refs ([prev. author] 2.128)]:— passive, to be misled by fallacious reasoning, π. ἡ διάνοια ὑπό τινων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307b35, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 2; αἰτίαις 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.49)] O.:—passive and middle opposed, παραλογισθῆναι καὶ παραλογίσασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 108a27.)]
III disguise, τῆς ἐσθῆτος ὄψις παραλογιζομένη τὴν ἐπιδημίαν ἡμῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.597a.)]