Strong G249ἄλογος
unreasonable
- Transliteration
- alogos
- Pronunciation
- al'-og-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed 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)
In the Bible
Strong G249 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brute2
- unreasonable1
First verses
- Acts 25:27For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
- 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;
- 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄλογος, ον,
without λόγος, hence,
I speechless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 696e)]. adverb -ως without speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 131, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.9:)] —ἄ. ἡμέρα, = Latin dies nefastus, on which no business may be done, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 9.)]
I.b lacking in eloquence, [LXX (LXX.Exo.6.12.)]
I.2 inexpressive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 203a)]; unutterable, ={ἄρρητος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 262.)]
II unreasoning, ἡδονή, ὄχλος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591c, “Ti.” 42d, etc.; τὰ ἄλογα)]brutes, animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 164, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 7.3)]; especiallyin late Greek, ἄλογον, τό, = horse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 138.29 (610 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), “PGen.” 14 (late).)]
II.2 not according to reason, irrational, ἄ. δόξα, opposed to ἡ μετὰ λόγου δ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 201c)]; ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄ. συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν, instinctive feeling, in appreciating works of art, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 11; ἄ. πάθος [prev. author] “Comp.” 23.)]
II.3 contrary to reason, absurd, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 203d)]; unaccountable, unintelligible, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.19)]; unfit, unsuited to its end, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32)]; groundless, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.15.9; ἀηδία “PRyl.” 144.15 (38 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus))]. adverb most frequently in this sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439d, etc.; οὐκ ἀ. οὐδ᾽ ἀκαίρως 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.10)]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.44 W.)]
III without reckoning:
III.1 not reckoned upon, unexpected, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.46 (_comparative_).)]
III.2 not counted, null and void, ἡμέραι[LXX (LXX.Num.6.12.)]
III.3 active, not having paid one's reckoning, of an ἐρανιστής, [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 70.31.)]
IV of magnitudes, incommensurable, περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν, title of work by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76b9, “LI” 968b18, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 10. “Def.” 10, etc.)]
IV.2 in Rhythm, irrational, of feet or syllables whose time-relations cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, χορεῖος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Rhythmica” 2.20)]; ἄλογοι, i.e. συλλαβαί, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20:—in Music, ἄ. διαστήματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1145d)]:—of the pulse, unrhythmical, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “synopsis de pulsibus” 4.3.)]
without λόγος, hence,
I speechless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 696e)]. adverb -ως without speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 131, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.9:)] —ἄ. ἡμέρα, = Latin dies nefastus, on which no business may be done, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 9.)]
I.b lacking in eloquence, [LXX (LXX.Exo.6.12.)]
I.2 inexpressive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 203a)]; unutterable, ={ἄρρητος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 262.)]
II unreasoning, ἡδονή, ὄχλος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591c, “Ti.” 42d, etc.; τὰ ἄλογα)]brutes, animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 164, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 7.3)]; especiallyin late Greek, ἄλογον, τό, = horse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 138.29 (610 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), “PGen.” 14 (late).)]
II.2 not according to reason, irrational, ἄ. δόξα, opposed to ἡ μετὰ λόγου δ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 201c)]; ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄ. συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν, instinctive feeling, in appreciating works of art, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 11; ἄ. πάθος [prev. author] “Comp.” 23.)]
II.3 contrary to reason, absurd, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 203d)]; unaccountable, unintelligible, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.19)]; unfit, unsuited to its end, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32)]; groundless, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.15.9; ἀηδία “PRyl.” 144.15 (38 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus))]. adverb most frequently in this sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439d, etc.; οὐκ ἀ. οὐδ᾽ ἀκαίρως 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.10)]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.44 W.)]
III without reckoning:
III.1 not reckoned upon, unexpected, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.46 (_comparative_).)]
III.2 not counted, null and void, ἡμέραι[LXX (LXX.Num.6.12.)]
III.3 active, not having paid one's reckoning, of an ἐρανιστής, [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 70.31.)]
IV of magnitudes, incommensurable, περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν, title of work by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76b9, “LI” 968b18, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 10. “Def.” 10, etc.)]
IV.2 in Rhythm, irrational, of feet or syllables whose time-relations cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, χορεῖος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Rhythmica” 2.20)]; ἄλογοι, i.e. συλλαβαί, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20:—in Music, ἄ. διαστήματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1145d)]:—of the pulse, unrhythmical, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “synopsis de pulsibus” 4.3.)]