ἈΛΟΓΩΝ, ἀλογων
ALOGŌN, alogōn
Sounds Like: ah-LOH-gohn
Translations: of irrational, of unreasoning, of brute, of speechless, of unreasonable
From the root: ἈΛΟΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective 'ἈΛΟΓΟΣ' (alogos). It describes something or someone that is without reason, irrational, or unreasoning. It is often used to refer to animals, implying they lack the capacity for human reason or speech. In a broader sense, it can describe anything that is illogical or absurd. As a genitive plural, it indicates possession or origin, meaning 'of those who are irrational' or 'of irrational things/beings'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, All genders
Strong’s number: G0249 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 24:1, 55:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:12
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 107:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΟΓΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΛΟΓΑ — irrational, unreasonable, without reason, unreasoning, brute, beast, animal, irrational things, unreasonable things, brute beasts
- ἈΛΟΓΟΣ — unreasonable, irrational, without reason, senseless, absurd, brute
- ἈΛΟΓΟΥ — of irrational, of unreasonable, of unreasoning, of speechless, of brute, of a brute, of a beast
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