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Lexicon :: Strong's G249 - alogos

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ἄλογος
Transliteration
alogos (Key)
Pronunciation
al'-og-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and λόγος (G3056)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:141,505

Strong’s Definitions

ἄλογος álogos, al'-og-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3056; irrational:—brute, unreasonable.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G249 in the following manner: brute (2x), unreasonable (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G249 in the following manner: brute (2x), unreasonable (1x).

  1. destitute of reason

  2. contrary to reason, absurd

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄλογος álogos, al'-og-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3056; irrational:—brute, unreasonable.
STRONGS G249:
ἄλογος, -ον, (λόγος, reason);
1. destitute of reason, brute: ζῶα, 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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
25:27
2 Peter
2:12
Jude
1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G249 matches the Greek ἄλογος (alogos),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:27 - For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:12 - But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:10 - But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
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