Strong's Lexicon
G249
G249 — ἄλογος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G249 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄλογος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3056 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | alogos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | al'-og-os |
| Meaning: | 1. irrational |
| KJV Renderings: | brute, unreasonable |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄλογος, (λόγος, reason);
1. destitute of reason, brute: ζῷα, brute animals, Jud 1:10; 2Pe 2:12 (Wis 11:16; Xenophon, Hier. 7, 3, others).
2. contrary to reason, absurd: Act 25:27 (Xenophon, Ages. 11, 1; Thucydides 6, 85; often in Plato, Isocrates, others).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄλογος (brute)
Acts 25:27
- KJV: For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not withal to signify the crimes against him
- GK: άλογον γαρ μοι δοκεί πέμποντα δέσμιον μη και τας κατ΄ αυτού αιτίας σημάναι
2 Peter 2:12
- KJV: 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
- GK: ούτοι δε ως άλογα ζώα φυσικά γεγεννημένα εις άλωσιν και φθοράν εν οις αγνοούσι βλασφημούντες εν τη φθορά αυτών καταφθαρήσονται
Jude 1:10
- KJV: 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
- GK: ούτοι δε όσα μεν ουκ οίδασι βλασφημούσιν όσα δε φυσικώς ως τα άλογα ζώα επίστανται εν τούτοις φθείρονται