G249: ἄλογος
álogos · “unreasonable”
Definition
irrational
KJV translates it as: brute, unreasonable
Word origin: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G3056 (λόγος);
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G249 is translated
- irrational ×2
- absurd ×1
Bible verses with G249 (álogos)
Álogos appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 25:27
For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
- 2 Peter 2:12
But 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;
- Jude 1:10
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.