Bible Dictionary: Irrational

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Lacking reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.

2. (a.) Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.

3. (a.) Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd.

Greek

249. alogos -- without reason
... Adjective Transliteration: alogos Phonetic Spelling: (al'-og-os) Short Definition:
unreasonable, senseless Definition: without reason, irrational; contrary to ...
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3913. paraphronia -- madness
... from 3844 , "contrary-beside" and 5424 , "internal perspective behavior") -- properly,
thinking " oneself," madness; insane (irrational) behavior, describing ...
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3130. mania -- frenzy, madness
... insanity. Cognate: 3130 (root of English terms like "maniac, mania") --
madness; irrational rage (temporary insanity). See 3105 (). ...
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Library

Whether it is Lawful to Adjure an Irrational Creature?
... OF THE TAKING OF GOD'S NAME BY WAY OF ADJURATION (THREE ARTICLES) Whether
it is lawful to adjure an irrational creature? Objection ...
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Whether Consent is to be Found in Irrational Animals?
... OF CONSENT, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL IN REGARD TO THE MEANS (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether consent is to be found in irrational animals? ...
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Whether Choice is to be Found in Irrational Animals?
... OF CHOICE, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL WITH REGARD TO THE MEANS (SIX ARTICLES)
Whether choice is to be found in irrational animals? ...
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Whether it is Lawful to Curse an Irrational Creature?
... OF CURSING (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it is lawful to curse an irrational
creature? Objection 1: It would seem that it is unlawful ...
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Whether Command Belongs to Irrational Animals?
... OF THE ACTS COMMANDED BY THE WILL (NINE ARTICLES) Whether command belongs to irrational
animals? ... Therefore command is to be found in irrational animals. ...
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Whether Intention is Within the Competency of Irrational Animals?
... OF INTENTION (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether intention is within the competency of
irrational animals? Objection 1: It would seem that irrational ...
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Whether Use is to be Found in Irrational Animals?
... OF USE, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL IN REGARD TO THE MEANS (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether use is to be found in irrational animals? Objection ...
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Whether Irrational Creatures Also Ought to be Loved Out of Charity ...
... OF THE OBJECT OF CHARITY (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether irrational creatures also
ought to be loved out of charity? Objection 1: It would ...
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Of the Nature of Irrational and Lifeless Creatures, which in their ...
... Book XII. Chapter 4."Of the Nature of Irrational and Lifeless Creatures, Which in
Their Own Kind and Order Do Not Mar the Beauty of the Universe. ...
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Whether There is Anything Voluntary in Irrational Animals?
... ON HUMAN ACTS: ACTS PECULIAR TO MAN (QQ -21)OF THE VOLUNTARY AND THE INVOLUNTARY
(EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether there is anything voluntary in irrational animals? ...
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Thesaurus

Irrational (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Lacking reason or understanding; as, brutes are
irrational animals. ... Multi-Version Concordance Irrational (3 Occurrences). ...
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Brute (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute
creation. 3. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. ...
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Brutish (12 Occurrences)
... broot, brootish (ba`ar, "stupid"; alogos, "without speech," hence, irrational,
unreasonable (Acts 25:27 2 Peter 2:12 Jude 1:10 the King James Version)): The ...
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Cosmological
... in their "modes"; Hegel, "absolute spirit," evolving by logical necessity); some
are pessimistic (Schopenhauer-the world the result of an irrational act of ...
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World (2829 Occurrences)
... in their "modes"; Hegel, "absolute spirit," evolving by logical necessity); some
are pessimistic (Schopenhauer-the world the result of an irrational act of ...
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Unreasonable (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant.
Multi-Version Concordance Unreasonable (3 Occurrences). ...
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Irpeel (1 Occurrence)

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Irreconcilable (1 Occurrence)

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Railingly (2 Occurrences)
... Jude 1:10 But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against;
but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in ...
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Regular (95 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurrence;
not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at ...
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Bible Concordance

Irrational (3 Occurrences)

Acts 25:27 for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'
(YLT)

2 Peter 2:12 and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed -- in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil -- in their destruction shall be destroyed,
(YLT RSV)

Jude 1:10 But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves.
(DBY YLT RSV)

Subtopics

Irrational

Irrational Fear

Related Terms

Brute (4 Occurrences)

Brutish (12 Occurrences)

Cosmological

World (2829 Occurrences)

Unreasonable (3 Occurrences)

Irpeel (1 Occurrence)

Irreconcilable (1 Occurrence)

Railingly (2 Occurrences)