λόγος

330 λόγος , -ου, ὁ ( λέγω ), [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר , also for אֵמֶר , מִלָּה , etc.;] 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 ( ἔπος , ὄνομα , ῥῆμα ), but a word as embodying a conception or idea: Mt 8:8 , Lk 7:7 , I Co 14:9 , 19 , He 12:19 , al. a saying , statement , declaration : Mt 19:22 (T om.), Mk 5:36 7:29 , Lk 1:29 , Jo 2:22 6:60 , Ac 7:29 , al.; c. gen. attrib., Ac 13:15 , Ro 9:9 , He 7:28 , al.; of the sayings, commands, promises, etc., of teachers, Mt 7:24 10:14 , Mk 8:38 , Lk 9:44 , Jo 14:24 , al.; λ. κενοί , Eph 5:6 ; ἀληθινοί , Re 19:9 ; πιστοί , Re 22:6 ; esp. of the precepts, decrees and promises of God, ὁ λ. τ. θεοῦ , the word of God : Mk 7:13 , Jo 10:35 , Ro 13:9 , I Co 14:36 , Phl 1:14 , al.; absol., ὁ λ. , Mt 13:21 , 22 , Mk 16:[20] , Lk 1:2 , Ac 6:4 , He 4:12 , al. speech , discourse : Ac 14:12 , II Co 10:10 , Ja 3:2 ; opp. to ἐπιστολή , II Th 2:15 ; disting. from σοφία , I Co 2:1 ; ἀναστροφή , I Ti 4:12 ; δύναμις , I Co 4:19 , I Th 1:5 ; ἔργον , Ro 15:18 ; οὐδενὸς λ. τίμιον ( not worthy of mention ), Ac 20:24 ; of the faculty of speech, Lk 24:19 , II Co 11:6 ; of the style of speech, Mt 5:37 , I Co 1:5 ; of instruction, Col 4:3 , I Pe 3:1 ; c. gen. pers., Jo 5:24 8:52 , Ac 2:41 , al.; ὁ λ. ὁ ἐμός , Jo 8:31 ; c. gen. obj. ( τ. ) ἀληθείας , II Co 6:7 , Col 1:5 , Ja 1:18 ; τ. καταλλαγῆς , II Co 5:19 ; τ. σταυροῦ , I Co 1:18 ; of mere talk, I Co 4:19 , 20 , Col 2:23 , I Jo 3:18 ; of the talk which one occasions, hence, repute : Col 2:23 . subject-matter , hence, teaching , doctrine : Ac 18:15 , II Ti 2:17 , al.; esp. of Christian doctrine: Mt 13:20-23 , Mk 4:14-20 8:32 , Lk 1:2 , Ac 8:4 , Ga 6:6 , I Th 1:6 , al.; c. gen. pers., τ. θεοῦ , Lk 5:1 , Jo 17:6 , Ac 4:29 , I Co 14:36 , I Jo 1:10 , Re 6:9 , al.; τ. Κυρίου , Ac 8:25 , I Th 1:8 , al.; τ. Χριστοῦ , Col 3:16 , Re 3:8 ; c. gen. appos., Ac 15:7 ; c. gen. attrib., He 5:13 . a story , tale , narrative : Mt 28:15 , Jo 21:23 , Ac 1:1 11:22 ; seq. περί , Lk 5:15 . That which is spoken of (Plat., al.; v. Kennedy, Sources , 124), matter , affair , thing : Mt 21:24 , Mk 1:45 11:29 , Lk 20:3 , Ac 8:21 ; of a matter in dispute, as a case or suit at law, Ac 19:38 ; pl. ( I Mac 7:33 , al.), Lk 1:4 . Of the inward thought itself, Lat. ratio . reason , of the mental faculty (Hdt., Plat., al.): κατὰ λόγον , Ac 18:14 ; a reason , cause : τίνι λόγῳ , Ac 10:29 ; παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας , Mt 5:32 19:9 , WH, mg., R, mg. account , regard : Ac 20:24 , Rec.; reckoning : Phl 4:15 , 17 ; συναίρειν (q.v.) λ. , Mt 18:23 25:19 ; in forensic sense, Ro 14:12 , He 13:17 , I Pe 4:5 ; c. gen. rei, Lk 16:2 ; seq. περί , Mt 12:36 , Ac 19:40 , I Pe 3:15 . proportion , analogy : Phl 2:16 (Field, Notes , 193 f.). ὁ λ. , the Divine Word or Logos : Jo 1:1 , 14 ; τ. ζωῆς , I Jo 1:1 ; τ. θεοῦ , Re 19:13 (v. Westc, Swete, CGT , in ll.; reff. in Artt., Logos , DB , DCG ).