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GreekG3056Noun (Masculine)

λόγος

logos

318Occurrences
G3056Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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)

from G3004 (λέγω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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
2.a saying, statement, declaration
3.speech, discourse
4.subject-matter, hence, teaching, doctrine
5.a story, tale, narrative
6.That which is spoken of (Plat.
V
Kennedy, Sources, 124), matter, affair, thing: ; of a matter in dispute, as a case or suit at law; pl. .
II
Of the inward thought itself, Lat. ratio.
1.reason
(a)of the mental faculty (Hdt., Plat.)
(b)a reason, cause
2.account
(a)regard
(b)reckoning
3.proportion, analogy
III
ὁ λ., the Divine Word or Logos: ζωῆς; θεοῦ, (see Westc, Swete, CGT, in ll.; reff. in Artt., Logos, DB, DCG).
LXX: chiefly for דָּבָר, also for מִלָּה,אֵמֶר, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

λόγος appears 318 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
65
John
36
Luke
32
Matthew
31
Mark
23
Revelation
18
1 Corinthians
14
Hebrews
12

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:5BSB

For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

2 Timothy 2:17BSB

and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Acts 7:22BSB

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

John 6:60BSB

On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

Matthew 26:44BSB

So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.