What does ἄλογος · ζῶον mean in the Bible?
ἄλογος · ζῶον is a Greek phrase meaning "unreasoning animals, instinct-driven creatures".
Greek · G249, G2226
ἄλογα ζῷα
Irrational · living thing
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ἄλογος G249 irrational
Pronunciation álogos
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ζῶον G2226 living thing
Pronunciation zōon
Emphasizes the vital living principle common to all animate creation, contrasting with θηρίον's brutish emphasis.
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What does ἄλογα ζῷα (aloga zōa) mean in the Bible?
ἄλογος · ζῶον is a Greek phrase meaning "unreasoning animals, instinct-driven creatures".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G249, G2226?
G249, G2226 is connected to 3 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. unreasoning animals, instinct-driven creatures
Source Gloss
unreasoning animals, instinct-driven creatures
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 2 Pet 2:12 · Jude 1:10 2×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 25:27 1×
Word Origins
ἄλογα ζῷα is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain