Word study · Greek
λόγος
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Used 329 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- Of that by which the inward thought is expressed, Lat. oratio, sermo, vox, verbum
- a word, not in the grammatical sense of a mere name
- a saying, statement, declaration
- speech, discourse
- subject-matter, hence, teaching, doctrine
- a story, tale, narrative
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- λόγος, -ου, ὁ (λέγω)
- [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for מִלָּה ,אֵמֶר, etc. ;]
- I. Of that by which the inward thought is expressed, Lat. oratio, sermo, vox, verbum.
- 1. a word, not in the grammatical sense of a mere name (ἔπος, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), but a word as embodying a conception or idea: Mat.8:8, Luk.7:7, 1Co.14:9, 19 Heb.12:19, al.
- 2. a saying, statement, declaration: Mat.19:22 (T om.), Mrk.5:36 7:29, Luk.1:29, Jhn.2:22 6:60, Act.7:29, al.; with genitive attrib., Act.13:15, Rom.9:9, Heb.7:28, al.; of the sayings, commands, promises, etc., of teachers, Mat.7:24 10:14, Mrk.8:38, Luk.9:4, Jhn.14:24, al.; λ. κενοί, Eph.5:6; ἀληθινοί, Rev.19:9; πιστοί, Rev.22:6; esp. of the precepts, decrees and promises of God, ὁ λ. τ. θεοῦ, the word of God: Mrk.7:13, Jhn.10:35, Rom.13:9, 1Co.14:36, Php.1:14, al.; absol., ὁ λ., Mat.13:21, 22 Mrk.16:[20], Luk.1:2, Act.6:4, Heb.4:12, al.
- 3. speech, discourse: Act.14:12, 2Co.10:10, Jas.3:2; opposite to ἐπιστολή, 2Th.2:15; disting, from σοφία, 1Co.2:1; ἀναστροφή, 1Ti.4:12; δύναμις, 1Co.4:19, 1Th.1:5; ἔργον, Rom.15:18; οὐδενὸς λ. τίμιον (not worthy of mention), Act.20:24; of the faculty of speech, Luk.24:19, 2Co.11:6; of the style of speech, Mat.5:37, 1Co.1:5; of instruction, Col.4:3, 1Pe.3:1; with genitive of person(s), Jhn.5:24 8:52, Act.2:41, al.; ὁ λ. ὁ ἐμός, Jhn.8:31; with genitive obj. (τ.) ἀληθείας, 2Co.6:7, Col.1:5, Jas.1:18; τ. καταλλαγῆς, 2Co.5:19; τ. σταυροῦ, 1Co.1:18; of mere talk, 1Co.4:19, 2o, Col.2:23, 1Jn.3:18; of the talk which one occasions, hence, repute: Col.2:23.
- 4. subject-matter, hence, teaching, doctrine: Act.18:15, 2Ti.2:17, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine: Mat.13:20-23, Mrk.4:14-20 8:32, Luk.1:2, Act.8:4, Gal.6:6, 1Th.1:6, al.; with genitive of person(s), τ. θεοῦ, Luk.5:1, Jhn.17:6, Act.4:29, 1Co.14:36, I Jhn.1:10, Rev.6:9, al.; τ. Κυρίου, Act.8:25, 1Th.1:8, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ, Col.3:16, Rev.3:8; with genitive appos., Act.15:7; with genitive attrib., Heb.5:13.
- 5. a story, tale, narrative: Mat.28:15, Jhn.21:23, Act.1:1 11:22; before περί, Luk.5:15.
- 6. That which is spoken of (Plat., al.; V. Kennedy, Sources, 124), matter, affair, thing: Mat.21:24, Mrk.1:45 11:29, Luk.20:3, Act.8:21; of a matter in dispute, as a case or suit at law, Act.19:38; pl. (1Ma.7:33, al.), Luk.1:4.
- II. Of the inward thought itself, Lat. ratio.
- 1. reason,
- (a) of the mental faculty (Hdt., Plat., al.): κατὰ λόγον, Act.18:14;
- (b) a reason, cause: τίνι λόγῳ, Act.10:29; παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας, Mat.5:32 19:9, WH, mg., R, mg.
- 2. account,
- (a) regard: Act.20:24, Rec.;
- (b) reckoning: Php.4:15, 17; συναίρειν (which see) λ., Mat.18:23 25:19; in forensic sense, Rom.14:12, Heb.13:17, 1Pe.4:5; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.16:2; before περί, Mat.12:36, Act.19:40, 1Pe.3:15.
- 3. proportion, analogy: Php.2:16 (Field, Notes, 193 f.).
- III. ὁ λ., the Divine Word or Logos: Jhn.1:1, 14; τ. ζωῆς, 1Jn.1:1; τ. θεοῦ, Rev.19:13 (see Westc, Swete, CGT, in ll.; reff. in Artt., Logos, DB, DCG).
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Same idea, other words · Word
'Word' can mean a spoken word, a thing done and a message. John begins his Gospel by naming Christ the Logos.
Where it appears
- Matthew33
- Mark23
- Luke32
- John40
- Acts65
- Romans7
- 1 Corinthians17
- 2 Corinthians9
- Galatians2
- Ephesians4
- Philippians4
- Colossians7
- 1 Thessalonians9
- 2 Thessalonians5
- 1 Timothy8
- 2 Timothy7
- Titus5
- Hebrews12
- James5
- 1 Peter6
- 2 Peter4
- 1 John6
- 3 John1
- Revelation18
Every use · 101–150 of 329 · BSB
What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.
Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,
When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.
So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
Text, tags and lexicon: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House), CC BY 4.0.