alogem

Strong’sG249

unreasonable, senseless

stem alog-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἄ-λογος, -ον

[in LXX: Ex 6:12 (שָׂפָה עָרֵל), Nu 6:12 (נָפַל), Jb 11:12, Wi 11:15, 16, IV Mac3*;]

1. without reason, irrational: ζῷα, II Pe 2:12, Ju 10.

2. contrary to reason: Ac 25:27 (v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G249 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidal'-og-os

irrational

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G3056;

King Jamesbrute, unreasonable.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἄλογος, ον,
without λόγος, hence,
I speechless, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -ως without speech, Refs 5th c.BC+ —ἄ. ἡμέρα, = Latin dies nefastus, on which no business may be done, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.b lacking in eloquence, LXX
I.2 inexpressive, Refs 5th c.BC+; unutterable, ={ἄρρητος}, Refs 5th c.BC+
II unreasoning, ἡδονή, ὄχλος, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+brutes, animals, Refs 5th c.BC+; especiallyin late Greek, ἄλογον, τό, = horse, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 not according to reason, irrational, ἄ. δόξα, opposed to ἡ μετὰ λόγου δ., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄ. συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν, instinctive feeling, in appreciating works of art, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.3 contrary to reason, absurd, Refs 5th c.BC+; unaccountable, unintelligible, Refs 5th c.BC+; unfit, unsuited to its end, Refs 5th c.BC+; groundless, Refs 2nd c.BC+. adverb most frequently in this sense, Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ώταταRefs 1st c.BC+
III without reckoning:
III.1 not reckoned upon, unexpected, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 not counted, null and void, ἡμέραιLXX
III.3 active, not having paid one's reckoning, of an ἐρανιστής, Refs
IV of magnitudes, incommensurable, περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν, title of work by Refs 4th c.BC+
IV.2 in Rhythm, irrational, of feet or syllables whose time-relations cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, χορεῖοςRefs 4th c.BC+; ἄλογοι, i.e. συλλαβαί, Refs 1st c.BC+:—of the pulse, unrhythmical, Refs 3rd c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

irrational2×unreasonable1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	alogos	alogas	alogem1×ἄλογον	alogois	alogais	alogeim2×ἄλογα
object accusative	alogon	alogan		alogoin	alogain
direct address vocative	alogor	alogar		alogoir	alogair
of, belonging to genitive	alogou	alogau	alogeu	alogoiu	alogaiu	alogeiu
to, for dative	alogo	aloga	aloge	alogoi	alogai	alogei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

alogstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

alog is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

alogem“unreasonable”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Acts 25:27alogem gar mi dokatō pemparōnton desmion mē …For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a …

alogeim“irrational”subject or objectdirect plural2×

2 Peter 2:12houtois de, hōs alogeim zōeim gennorēnteim fusikeim eis halōsian kai …These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to …

Jude 1:10… blasfēmalō, hoseim de fusikōs hōs teim alogeim zōeim epistolō, en houtei ftherolō.… they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by …