Strong’s G3884 · Greek
παραλογίζομαι
paralogízomai
Definition
to misreckon, i.e. delude
Etymology
from G3844 (παρά) and G3049 (λογίζομαι);
Where the KJV renders it
- beguile
- deceive
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.