ἄλογοςálogos
irrational
Greek (New Testament) · G249
Meanings
1. without reason, irrational: ζῷα, 2 Peter 2:12, Jude 1:10.
2. contrary to reason: Acts 25:27.
Same root
- ΑA · G1the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first:
- λόγοςlógos · G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Acts 25:27 For it makes no sense to send a prisoner to the emperor without specifying the charges against him!”
- 2 Peter 2:12 These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.
- Jude 1:10 But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.