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λόγοςStrong’s G3056

logos

Appears in 318 verses of the New Testament

In short

Word, message, reason. John opens his gospel with it: "In the beginning was the Word ... and the Word was God" (John 1:1), then "the Word was made flesh" (John 1:14).

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “word”, “words” and “saying”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • word 178
  • words 51
  • a word 10
  • saying 9
  • account 7
  • speech 7
  • message 6
  • statement 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 65
  • John 36
  • Luke 32
  • Matthew 31
  • Mark 23
  • Revelation 18

24 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 318 verses, by book
Galatians 2
5:146:6
Ephesians 4
1:134:295:66:19
Philippians 4
1:142:164:154:17
1 Thessalonians 7
1:51:61:82:52:134:154:18
2 Thessalonians 5
2:22:152:173:13:14
2 Peter 4
1:192:33:53:7
3 John 1
1:10
Greek dictionary

λόγος logos · word

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. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “word” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WORD, noun

[G., Latin, to speak. A word is that which is uttered or thrown out.]

  1. An articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language.
  2. The letter or letters, written or printed, which represent a sound or combination of sounds.
  3. A short discourse.
  4. Talk; discourse.
All definitions and other forms of “word”
  1. Dispute; verbal contention; as, some words grew between us.
  2. Language; living speech; oral expression.
  3. Promise.
  4. Signal; order; command.
  5. Account; tidings; message.
  6. Declaration; purpose expressed.
  7. Declaration; affirmation.
  8. The Scripture; divine revelation, or any part of it.
  9. Christ. John 1:1
  10. A motto; a short sentence; a proverb.“Let us not love in word only, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth” 1 John 3:18

WORD, verb intransitive

To dispute. [Little used.]

    WORD, verb transitive

    To express in words. Take care to word ideas with propriety.

      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.