ἈΛΟΓΟΝ, ἀλογον
ALOGON, alogon
Sounds Like: ah-LOH-gon
Translations: unreasonable, irrational, absurd, senseless, beastly, an unreasonable thing, an irrational thing
From the root: ΑΛΟΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is without reason, irrational, or absurd. It can refer to something that lacks logical thought or is contrary to reason. It can also be used to describe animals, implying they are 'without reason' or 'beastly'. In some contexts, it can be used substantively to mean 'an unreasonable thing' or 'an irrational act'. It is a compound word formed from the privative alpha (Α-) meaning 'without' and ΛΟΓΟΣ (logos) meaning 'reason' or 'word'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0249 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:15
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms of Solomon — 16:10
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 25:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΟΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΛΟΓΟΙ — irrational, unreasonable, without reason, unreasoning, brute, beasts, unthinking
- ἈΛΟΓΟΙΣ — (to) irrational, (to) unreasoning, (to) without reason, (to) senseless, (to) brute
- ἈΛΟΓΟΥΣ — unreasonable, irrational, senseless, without reason, brute, unreasoning, a brute, an irrational thing
- ἈΛΟΓΩ — irrational, unreasoning, without reason, unreasonable, a beast, an animal
- ἈΛΟΓΩΣ — unreasonably, without reason, absurdly, senselessly, thoughtlessly, foolishly
- ἈΛΟΓΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most unreasonable, most irrational, most absurd, the most unreasonable thing, the most irrational thing, the most absurd thing
- ἈΛΟΓΩΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more irrational, more unreasonable, more senseless, more brutish, more absurd
- ΑΛΟΓΑ — unreasonable, irrational, senseless, without reason, brute, an animal, a brute beast
- ΑΛΟΓΟΣ — unreasonable, irrational, without reason, without speech, dumb, brute, a brute
- ΑΛΟΓΩΝ — irrational, unreasoning, unreasonable, without reason, brute, of brute beasts
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