What does ἄλογος (álogos) mean in the Bible?
ἄλογος (álogos) is a Greek word meaning "irrational".
Greek · G249
ἄλογος
Irrational
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ἄλογοςG249
Pronunciationálogos
What does ἄλογος (álogos) mean in the Bible?
ἄλογος (álogos) is a Greek word meaning "irrational".
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How does the BSB render G249?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include irrational (2), unreasonable (1).
Where does ἄλογος (álogos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 25:27. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Acts (1), Jude (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itirrational2×2 Peter 2:12, Jude 1:10
unreasonable1×Acts 25:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 25:27
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Acts12 Peter1Jude1
Source forms
ἄλογα2xaloga2 Peter 2:12, Jude 1:10
ἄλογον1xalogonActs 25:27
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural2x2 Peter 2:12, Jude 1:10
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular1xActs 25:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. irrational
Strong'sG249
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
irrational
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 25:27Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἄλογονalogon
unreasonable, senseless
Read verse2 Peter 2:12Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
ἄλογαaloga
unreasonable, senseless
Read verseJude 1:10Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
ἄλογαaloga
unreasonable, senseless
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternNominative (3)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter2 Pet 2:12 · Jude 1:102×
Nominative · Singular · NeuterActs 25:271×
Word Origins
ἄλογος is built from these roots:
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