Unreasonable
ἄλογοςStrong’s G0249alogos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Alogos is the Greek word usually translated “irrational” and “absurd”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;”
Meaning
Usually translated “irrational” and “absurd”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- irrational 2
- absurd 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- 2 Peter 1
- Jude 1
3 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
ἄλογος alogos · unreasonable
ἄ-λογος, -ον [in LXX: Exo.6:12 (שָׂפָה עָרֵל), Num.6:12 (נָפַל), Job.11:12, Wis.11:15-16, 4Ma.3:1-21 * ;] 1. without reason, irrational: ζῷα, 2Pe.2:12, Ju 10. 2. contrary to reason: Act.25:27 (see MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “unreasonable” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNRE'ASONABLE, adjective
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- Not agreeable to reason.
- Exceeding the bounds of reason; claiming or insisting on more than is fit; as an unreasonable demand.
- Immoderate; exorbitant; as an unreasonable love of life or of money.
- Irrational. [In this sense, see Irrational.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.