Strong's Greek · G249

ἄλογος

álogos

brute, unreasonable

Definition

irrational

Derivation

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G3056 (λόγος);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Jude 1:10

These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

Acts 25:27

For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

2 Peter 2:12

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.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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