ἄλογος
alogos
“unreasonable”
Definition
irrational
from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G3056 (λόγος);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
ἄλογος appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.