Strong's Concordance alogos: without reason Original Word: ἄλογος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: alogos Phonetic Spelling: (al'-og-os) Definition: without reason Usage: without reason, irrational; contrary to reason, absurd. HELPS Word-studies 249 álogos (from 1 /A "not" and 3056 /lógos, "reason") – properly, counter to reason; "unreasonable" – literally, "non-reason, no-logic." 249 /álogos ("unreasonable") refers to irrational behavior (thinking) from God's point of view, i.e. what is completely against divine reason. 249 (álogos) means "acting like a brute beast" (see Jude 10), i.e. utterly unreasonable (absurd). [249 (álogos) describes behavior that lacks sound moral (spiritual) reasoning.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and logos Definition without reason NASB Translation absurd (1), unreasoning (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 249: ἄλογοςἄλογος, (λόγος, reason); 1. destitute of reason, brute: ζῷα, brute animals, Jude 1:10; 2 Peter 2:12 (Wis. 11:16; Xenophon, Hier. 7, 3, others). 2. contrary to reason, absurd: Acts 25:27 (Xenophon, Ages. 11, 1; Thucydides 6, 85; often in Plato, Isocrates, others). From a (as a negative particle) and logos; irrational -- brute, unreasonable. see GREEK a see GREEK logos Englishman's Concordance Acts 25:27 Adj-NNSGRK: ἄλογον γάρ μοι NAS: For it seems absurd to me in sending KJV: to me unreasonable to send INT: absurd indeed to me 2 Peter 2:12 Adj-NNP Jude 1:10 Adj-NNP Strong's Greek 249 |
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