Alogos ἄλογος
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| ἄλογος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | alogos |
| Strong's number | G249 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | unreasonable |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (1) |
Alogos (Greek ἄλογος, Strong's G249) is a Greek adjective meaning “unreasonable”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ἄ-λογος, -ον
[in LXX: Exo.6:12 (שָׂפָה עָרֵל), Num.6:12 (נָפַל), Job.11:12, Wis.11:15-16, 4Ma.3:1-21 * ;]
1. without reason, irrational: ζῷα, 2Pe.2:12, Ju 10.
2. contrary to reason: Act.25:27 (see MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.6:12 (שָׂפָה עָרֵל), Num.6:12 (נָפַל), Job.11:12, Wis.11:15-16, 4Ma.3:1-21 * ;]
1. without reason, irrational: ζῷα, 2Pe.2:12, Ju 10.
2. contrary to reason: Act.25:27 (see MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | brute (2), unreasonable (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | irrational (2), unreasonable (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Alogos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 25:27For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
2 Peter
- 2 Peter 2:12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
Jude
- Jude 1:10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).