Strong's Lexicon
logos: Word, speech, message, account, reason, doctrine
Original Word:λόγος
Part of Speech:Noun, Masculine
Transliteration:logos
Pronunciation:LO-gos
Phonetic Spelling:(log'-os)
Definition:Word, speech, message, account, reason, doctrine
Meaning:a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.
Word Origin:Derived from the Greek verb λέγω (legō), meaning "to speak" or "to say."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - דָּבָר (dabar) - Strong's Hebrew 1697: Often translated as "word," "matter," or "thing," used in the Old Testament to denote God's word or command.
- אִמְרָה (imrah) - Strong's Hebrew 565: Meaning "utterance" or "speech," often used in the Psalms to refer to God's promises or decrees.
Usage:The term "logos" is a multifaceted Greek word that encompasses a range of meanings including "word," "speech," "reason," "doctrine," and "account." In the New Testament, "logos" is used to denote the spoken or written word, the message of the Gospel, and, most profoundly, as a title for Jesus Christ, emphasizing His role as the divine Word of God incarnate. Theologically, "logos" signifies the communication of God's will and truth to humanity.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Greek philosophy, "logos" referred to the principle of order and knowledge. Philosophers like Heraclitus used it to describe the rational principle governing the cosmos. In the Hellenistic Jewish context, "logos" was associated with divine wisdom and the intermediary between God and the world. The Apostle John, in his Gospel, appropriates this term to articulate the preexistence and divinity of Christ, presenting Jesus as the ultimate revelation of God.
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3056lógos (from3004/légō, "speaking to a conclusion") – aword, being the expression of athought; a saying.3056/lógos ("word") is preeminently used ofChrist (Jn 1:1), expressing thethoughts of the Father through the Spirit.
[3056 (lógos) is a common term (used 330 times in the NT) with regards to a person sharing a message (discourse, "communication-speech").3056 (lógos) is a broad term meaning "reasoning expressed bywords."]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
legóDefinitiona word (as embodying an idea), a statement, a speech
NASB Translationaccount (7), account* (1), accounting (2), accounts (2), answer (1), appearance (1), complaint (1), exhortation* (1), have to do (1), instruction (1), length* (1), matter (4), matters (1), message (10), news (3), preaching (1), question (2), reason (2), reasonable (1), remark (1), report (1), said (1), say (1), saying (4), sayings (1), speaker (1), speech (10), statement (18), story (1), talk (1), teaching (2), thing (2), things (1), utterance (2), what he says (1), what* (1), word (179), words (61).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3056: λόγοςλόγος,
λόγου,
ὁ (
λέγω) (from
Homer down), the
Sept. especially for
דָּבָר, also for
אֹמֶר and
מִלָּה; properly,
a collecting, collection (see
λέγω) — and that, as well of those things which are put together in thought, as of those which, having been thought i. e. gathered together in the mind, are expressed in words. Accordingly, a twofold use of the term is to be distinguished: one which relates to speaking, and one which relates to thinking.
I. As respects speech:
1.a word, yet not in the grammatical sense (equivalent to vocabulum, the mere name of an object), but language, vox, i. e. a word which, uttered by the living voice, embodies a conception or idea; (hence, it differs fromῤῆμα andἔπος (which see; cf. alsoλαλέω, at the beginning)):Hebrews 12:19;ἀποκριθῆναιλόγον,Matthew 22:46;εἰπεῖνλόγῳ,Matthew 8:8 (Rec.λόγον (cf.εἶπον, 3 a. at the end));Luke 7:7;λαλῆσαιπέντε,μυρίους,λόγους,1 Corinthians 14:19;διδόναιλόγονεὔσημον, to utter a distinct word, intelligible speech,1 Corinthians 14:9;εἰπεῖνλόγονκατάτίνος, to speak a word against, to the injury of, one,Matthew 12:32; alsoεἰςτινα,Luke 12:10; to drive out demonsλόγῳ,Matthew 8:16;ἐπερωτᾶντιναἐνλόγοιςἱκανοῖς,Luke 23:9; of the words of a conversation,ἀντιβάλλεινλόγους,Luke 24:17.
2.what someone has said; a saying;
a. universally:Matthew 19:22 (T omits);Mark 5:36 (cf,Buttmann, 302 (259) note);;Luke 1:29;Luke 20:20, 22 (Tr marginal readingWHῤήματος);John 2:22;John 4:39, 50;John 6:60;John 7:36;John 15:20;John 18:9;John 19:8;Acts 7:29;ὁλόγοςοὗτος, this (twofold) saying (of the people),Luke 7:17, cf.;τόναὐτόνλόγονεἰπών,Matthew 26:44; (Mark 14:39);παγιδεύειντιναἐνλόγῳ, in a word or saying which they might elicit from him and turn into an accusation,Matthew 22:15;ἀγρεύειντιναλόγῳ, i. e. by propounding a question,Mark 12:13; plural,Luke 1:20;Acts 5:5, 24; with the genitive of the contents:ὁλόγοςἐπαγγελίας,Romans 9:9;ὁλόγοςτῆςὁρκομωσιας,Hebrews 7:28;λόγοςπαρακλήσεως,Acts 13:15;ὁλόγοςτῆςμαρτυρίας,Revelation 12:11;οἱλόγοιτῆςπροφητείας,Revelation 1:3 (Tdf.τόνλόγον);Revelation 22:6f, 10, 18;ὁπροφητικόςλόγος, the prophetic promise, collectively of the sum of the O. T. prophecies, particularly the Messianic,2 Peter 1:19; of the sayings and statements of teachers:οἱλόγοιοὗτοι, the sayings previously related,Matthew 7:24 (hereLTrWH bracketsτούτους);Matthew 7:26;Luke 9:28;οἱλόγοιτίνος, the words, commands, counsels, promises, etc., of any teacher,Matthew 10:14;Matthew 24:35;Mark 8:38;Luke 9:44;John 14:24;Acts 20:35;λόγοιἀληθινοί,Revelation 19:9;Revelation 21:5;πιστοί,Revelation 22:6;κενοί,Ephesians 5:6:πλαστοι,2 Peter 2:3 (cf.Winers Grammar, 217 (204));b.of the sayings of God;α. equivalent todecree, mandate, order:Romans 9:28; withτοῦΘεοῦ added,2 Peter 3:5, 7 (RstGTr text);ὁλόγοςτοῦΘεοῦἐγένετοπρόςτινα (a phrase frequent in the O. T.),John 10:35.β. of the moral precepts given by God in the O. T.:Mark 7:13; (Matthew 15:6LTrWH text);Romans 13:9;Galatians 5:14 (cf.οἱδέκαλόγοι (Exodus 34:28;Deuteronomy 10:4 (cf.ῤήματα,);Philo, quis rer. div. her. § 35; de decalog. § 9);Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 5 (cf. 5, 5)).γ. equivalent topromise:ὁλόγοςτῆςἀκοῆς (equivalent toὁἀκουσθεις),Hebrews 4:2;ὁλόγοςτοῦΘεοῦ,Romans 9:6; pluralRomans 3:4; universally,a divine declaration recorded in the O. T.,John 12:38;John 15:25;1 Corinthians 15:54.δ.διάλόγουΘεοῦ etc. through prayerin which the language of the O. T. is employed:1 Timothy 4:5; cf. DeWette and Huther at the passageε.ὁλόγοςτοῦΘεοῦ, asיְהוָהדֲּבַר often in the O. T. prophets, "an oracle or utterance by which God discloses, to the prophets or through the prophets, future events": used collectively of the sum of such utterances,Revelation 1:2, 9; cf. Düsterdieck and Bleek ad the passages cited c.what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism (Latinsententia):τόνλόγοντοῦτον (reference is made to what follows, so thatγάρ inRevelation 1:12 is explicative),Matthew 19:11;a dictum, maxim or weighty saying:1 Timothy 1:15;1 Timothy 3:1;2 Timothy 2:11;Titus 3:8; equivalent toproverb,John 4:37 (as sometimes in classical Greek, e. g. (Aeschylus theSept. adverb Theb. 218);ὁπαλαιόςλόγος,Plato, Phaedr., p. 240c.; conviv., p. 195 b.; legg. 6, p. 757 a.;Gorgias, p. 499 c.; verum est verbum quod memoratur, ubi amici, ibi apes,Plautus Truc. 4, 4, 32; add,Terence, Andr. 2, 5, 15; others).3.discourse (Latinoratio);
a.the act of speaking, speech:Acts 14:12;2 Corinthians 10:10;James 3:2;διάλόγου, by word of month,Acts 15:27; opposed toδἰἐπιστολῶν,2 Thessalonians 2:15;διάλόγουπολλοῦ,Acts 15:32;λόγῳπολλῷ,Acts 20:2;περίοὗπολύςἡμῖνὁλόγος, of whom we have many things to say,Hebrews 5:11;ὁλόγοςὑμῶν,Matthew 5:37;Colossians 4:6;λόγοςκολακείας,1 Thessalonians 2:5.λόγος is distinguished fromσοφία in1 Corinthians 2:1; fromἀναστροφή,1 Timothy 4:12; fromδύναμις,1 Corinthians 4:19;1 Thessalonians 1:5; fromἔργον,Romans 15:18;2 Corinthians 10:11;Colossians 3:17; fromἔργονκαίἀλήθεια,1 John 3:18 (seeἔργον, 3, p. 248a bottom);οὐδενόςλόγουτίμιον, not worth mentioning (λόγουἄξιον,Herodotus 4, 28; cf. Germander Rede werth), i. e. a thing of no value,Acts 20:24TTrWH (see II. 2 below).
b. equivalent tothe faculty of speech:Ephesians 6:19;skill and practice in speaking:ἰδιώτηςτῷλγόωἀλλ'οὐτῇγνώσει,2 Corinthians 11:6;δυνατόςἐνἔργῳκαίλόγῳ,Luke 24:19 (ἄνδραςλόγῳδυνατούς,Diodorus 13, 101);λόγοςσοφίας orγνώσεως, the art of speaking to the purpose about things pertaining to wisdom or knowledge,1 Corinthians 12:8.
c.a kind (or style) of speaking:ἐνπαντίλόγῳ,1 Corinthians 1:5 (A. V.utterance).
d.continuous speaking, discourse, such as in the N. T. is characteristic of teachers:Luke 4:32, 36;John 4:41;Acts 4:4 (cf.Acts 3:12-26);Acts 20:7;1 Corinthians 1:17;1 Corinthians 2:1; plural,Matthew 7:28;Matthew 19:1;Matthew 26:1;Luke 9:26;Acts 2:40;δυνατόςἐνλόγοιςκαίἔργοιςαὐτοῦ,Acts 7:22. Hence, the thought of the subject being uppermost,
e.instruction:Colossians 4:3;Titus 2:8;1 Peter 3:1; joined withδιδασκαλία,1 Timothy 5:17; with a genitive of the teacher,John 5:24;John 8:52;John 15:20;John 17:20;Acts 2:41;1 Corinthians 2:4;2 Corinthians 1:18 (cf.2 Corinthians 1:19);ὁλόγοςὁἐμός,John 8:31, 37, 43, 51;John 14:23;τιναλόγῳ, with what instruction,1 Corinthians 15:2 (where construe,εἰκατέχετε,τίνιλόγῳ etc.; cf.Buttmann, §§ 139,58; 151,20); equivalent toκήρυγμα,preaching, with the genitive of the object:λόγοςἀληθείας,2 Corinthians 6:7;James 1:18;ὁλόγοςτῆςἀληθείας,Colossians 1:5;Ephesians 1:13;2 Timothy 2:15;τῆςκαταλλαγῆς,2 Corinthians 5:19;ὁλόγοςτῆςσωτηρίαςταύτης, concerning this salvation (i. e. the salvation obtained through Christ) (cf.Winers Grammar, 237 (223);Buttmann, 162 (141)),Acts 13:26;ὁλόγοςτῆςβασιλείας (τοῦΘεοῦ),Matthew 13:19;τοῦσταυροῦ,1 Corinthians 1:18;ὁτῆςἀρχῆςτοῦΧριστοῦλόγος, the first instruction concerning Christ (cf.Buttmann, 155 (136);Winer's Grammar, 188 (177)),Hebrews 6:1. Hence,
4. in an objective sense, what is communicated by instruction,doctrine: universally,Acts 18:15;ὁλόγοςαὐτῶν,2 Timothy 2:17; pluralἡμέτεροιλόγοι,2 Timothy 4:15;ὑγιαίνοντεςλόγοι,2 Timothy 1:13; with a genitive of object added,τοῦκυρίου,1 Timothy 6:3;τῆςπίστεως, the doctrines of faith (seeπίστις, 1 c.β.),1 Timothy 4:6. specifically,the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God: simply,Matthew 13:20-23;Mark 4:14-20;Mark 8:32;Mark 16:20;Luke 1:2;Luke 8:12;Acts 8:4;Acts 10:44;Acts 11:19;Acts 14:25;Acts 17:11;Galatians 6:6;Philippians 1:14;1 Thessalonians 1:6;2 Timothy 4:2;1 Peter 2:8;τόνλόγον,ὅνἀπέστειλετοῖς etc. the doctrine which he commanded to be delivered to, etc.Acts 10:36 (butLWH text omit;Tr bracketsὅν; cf.Winers Grammar, § 62, 3 at the end;Buttmann, § 131, 13);τόνλόγονἀκούειν,Luke 8:15;John 14:24;Acts 4:4;1 John 2:7;λαλεῖν,John 15:3 (see other examples under the wordλαλέω, 5 under the end);ἀπειθεῖντῷλόγῳ,1 Peter 2:8;1 Peter 3:1;διδαχήπιστοῦλόγου,Titus 1:9; with the genitive of the teacher:ὁλόγουαὐτῶν,Acts 2:41; with the genitive of the author:τοῦΘεοῦ,Luke 5:1;Luke 8:11, 21;Luke 11:28;John 17:6, 14;1 Corinthians 14:36;2 Corinthians 4:2;Colossians 1:25;2 Timothy 2:9;Titus 1:3;Titus 2:5;Hebrews 13:7;1 John 1:10;1 John 2:5, 14;Revelation 6:9;Revelation 20:4; very often in the book of Acts:Acts 4:29, 31;Acts 6:2, 7;Acts 8:14;Acts 11:1, 19;Acts 12:24;Acts 13:5, 7, 44, 46;Acts 17:13;Acts 18:11; opposed toλόγοςἀνθρώπων (Buttmann, § 151, 14),1 Thessalonians 2:13;λόγοςζῶνΘεοῦ,1 Peter 1:23;ὁλόγοςτοῦκυρίου,Acts 8:25;Acts 13:48 ((WH textTr marginal readingΘεοῦ));Acts 15:35;Acts 19:10, 20;1 Thessalonians 1:8;2 Thessalonians 3:1;τοῦΧριστοῦ,Colossians 3:16;Revelation 3:8; with the genitive of apposition,τοῦεὐαγγελίου,Acts 15:7; with the genitive of the object,τῆςχάριτοςτοῦΘεοῦ,Acts 14:3;Acts 20:32;δικαιοσύνης (seeδικαιοσύνη, 1 a.),Hebrews 5:13; with the genitive of quality,τῆςζωῆς, containing in itself the true life and imparting it to men,Philippians 2:16.
5.anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative: of a written narrative, a continuous account of things done,Acts 1:1 (often so in Greek writings fromHerodotus down (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. IV.));a fictitious narrative, a story,Matthew 28:15, cf.Matthew 28:13.report (in a good sense):ὁλόγος the news concerning the success of the Christian cause,Acts 11:22;περίτίνος,Luke 5:15;rumor, i. e. current story,John 21:23;λόγονἔχειντίνος,to have the (unmerited)reputation of any excellence,Colossians 2:23 (soλόγονἔχειτίς followed by an infinitive,Herodotus 5, 66;Plato, epin., p. 987b.; (see especiallyLightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word A. III. 3))).
6.matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair:Matthew 21:24;Mark 11:29;Luke 20:3;Acts 8:21;Acts 15:6, and often in Greek writings (Liddell and Scott, under A. VIII.);a matter in dispute, case, suit at law (asדָּבָר inExodus 18:16;Exodus 22:8):ἔχεινλόγονπρόςτινα, to have a ground of action against anyone,Acts 19:38, cf.Kypke at the passage;παρεκτόςλόγουπορνείας ((cf. II. 6 below)זְנוּת (orדְּבַרעַל־)בִּלְתִּימִלְּבַד, Delitzsch)Matthew 5:32; (LWH marginal reading).7.thing spoken of or talked about; event; deed (often so in Greek writings fromHerodotus down):διαφημίζειντόνλόγον, to blaze abroad the occurrence,Mark 1:45; pluralLuke 1:4 (as often in the O. T.;μετάτούςλόγουςτούτους, 1 Macc. 7:33).
II. Its use as respects the mind, alone, Latinratio; i. e.:
1.reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating, etc.: once so in the phraseὁλόγοςτοῦΘεοῦ, of the divine mind, pervading and noting all things by its proper force,Hebrews 4:12.
2.account, i. e. regard, consideration:λόγονποιεῖσθαιτίνος, to have regard for, make account of a thing, care for a thins,Acts 20:24RG (Job 22:4;Herodotus 1, 4. 13 etc.;Aeschylus, Prom. 231;Theocritus, 3, 33;Demosthenes,Josephus,Dionysius Halicarnassus,Plutarch, others (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. II. 1)); alsoλόγονἔχειντίνος, Acts, the passage cited Lachmann (Tobit 6:16 (15)) (cf. I. 3 a. above).
3.account, i. e. reckoning, score:δόσεωςκαίλήψεως (seeδόσις, 1),Philippians 4:15 (where cf.Lightfoot);εἰςλόγονὑμῶν, to your account, i. e. tropically, to your advantage,Philippians 4:17;συναίρεινλόγον (an expression not found in Greek authors), to make a reckoning, settle accounts,Matthew 18:23;Matthew 25:19.
4.account, i. e. answer or explanation in reference to judgment:λόγονδιδόναι (as often in Greek authors), to give or render an account,Romans 14:12RGTWHL marginal readingTr marginal reading; alsoἀποδιδόναι,Hebrews 13:17;1 Peter 4:5; with the genitive of the thing,Luke 16:2;Acts 19:40 (RG);περίτίνος,Matthew 12:36; (Acts 19:40LTTrWH);τίνιπερίἑαυτοῦ,Romans 14:12L text bracketsTr text;αἰτεῖντιναλόγονπερίτίνος,1 Peter 3:15 (Plato, polit., p. 285 e.).
5.relation:πρόςὅνἡμῖνὁλόγος, with whom as judge we stand in relation (A. V.have to do),Hebrews 4:13;κατάλόγον,as is right, justly,Acts 18:14 (A. V.reason would (cf.Polybius 1, 62, 4. 5; 5, 110, 10)) (παράλόγον, unjustly, 2 Macc. 4:36; 3Macc. 7:8).
6.reason, cause, ground:τίνιλόγῳ, for what reason? why?Acts 10:29 (ἐκτίνοςλόγου;Aeschylus Choeph. 515;ἐξοὐδενόςλόγου,Sophocles Phil. 730;τίνιδικαίῳλόγῳκτλ.;Plato,Gorgias, p. 512 c.);παρεκτόςλόγουπορνείας (Vulg.excepta fornicationis causa) is generally referred to this head,Matthew 5:32; (Matthew 19:9LWH marginal reading); but since whereλόγος is used in this sense the genitive is not added, it has seemed best to include this passage among those mentioned in I. 6 above.
III. In several passages in the writings of Johnὁλόγος denotes the essential Word of God, i. e. the personal (hypostatic) wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in the creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah and shone forth conspicuously from his words and deeds:John 1:1, 14; (1 John 5:7Rec.); withτῆςζωῆς added (seeζωή, 2 a.),1 John 1:1;τοῦΘεοῦ,Revelation 19:13 (although the interpretation which refers this passage to the hypostaticλόγος is disputed by some, as by Baur, Neutest. Theologie, p. 216f). Respecting the combined Hebrew and Greek elements out of which this conception originated among the Alexandrian Jews, see especially Lücke, Comm. üb.
d. Evang. des Johan. edition 3, i., pp. 249-294; (cf. especiallyB. D. American edition under the word (and for works which have appeared subsequently, see Weiss in Meyer on John edition 6;Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 34 II.);Lightfoot onColossians 1:15, p. 143f; and for references to the use of the term in heathen, Jewish, and Christian writings, seeSophocles Lexicon, under the word, 10).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
a word, the WordFromlego; something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ) -- account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
see GREEKlego
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