λόγος

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: Matt 8,8, Luk 7,7, 1 Kor 14,9, 19 Hebr 12,19, al.

2. a saying, statement, declaration: Matt 19,22 (T om.), Mark 5,36; 7,29, Luk 1,29, Joh 2,22; 6,60, ApG 7,29, al.; with genitive attrib., ApG 13,15, Rom 9,9, Hebr 7,28, al.; of the sayings, commands, promises, etc., of teachers, Matt 7,24; 10,14, Mark 8,38, Luk 9,4, Joh 14,24, al.; λ. κενοί, Ef 5,6 ἀληθινοί, Åb 19,9 πιστοί, Åb 22,6 esp. of the precepts, decrees and promises of God, ὁ λ. τ. θεοῦ, the word of God: Mark 7,13, Joh 10,35, Rom 13,9, 1 Kor 14,36, Fil 1,14, al.; absol., ὁ λ., Matt 13,21, 22 Mrk.16:[20], Luk 1,2, ApG 6,4, Hebr 4,12, al.

3. speech, discourse: ApG 14,12, 2 Kor 10,10, Jak 3,2; opposite to ἐπιστολή, 2 Thess 2,15 disting, from σοφία, 1 Kor 2,1 ἀναστροφή, 1 Tim 4,12 δύναμις, 1 Kor 4,19, 1 Thess 1,5; ἔργον, Rom 15,18 οὐδενὸς λ. τίμιον (not worthy of mention), ApG 20,24 of the faculty of speech, Luk 24,19, 2 Kor 11,6; of the style of speech, Matt 5,37, 1 Kor 1,5; of instruction, Kol 4,3, 1 Pet 3,1; with genitive of person(s), Joh 5,24; 8,52, ApG 2,41, al.; ὁ λ. ὁ ἐμός, Joh 8,31 with genitive obj. (τ.) ἀληθείας, 2 Kor 6,7, Kol 1,5, Jak 1,18; τ. καταλλαγῆς, 2 Kor 5,19 τ. σταυροῦ, 1 Kor 1,18 of mere talk, 1 Kor 4,19, 2o, Kol 2,23, 1 Joh 3,18 of the talk which one occasions, hence, repute: Kol 2,23,

4. subject-matter, hence, teaching, doctrine: ApG 18,15, 2 Tim 2,17, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine: Matt 13,20-23, Mark 4,14-20; 8,32, Luk 1,2, ApG 8,4, Gal 6,6, 1 Thess 1,6, al.; with genitive of person(s), τ. θεοῦ, Luk 5,1, Joh 17,6, ApG 4,29, 1 Kor 14,36, I Joh 1,10, Åb 6,9, al.; τ. Κυρίου, ApG 8,25, 1 Thess 1,8, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ, Kol 3,16, Åb 3,8; with genitive appos., ApG 15,7 with genitive attrib., Hebr 5,13,

5. a story, tale, narrative: Matt 28,15, Joh 21,23, ApG 1,1; 11,22; before περί, Luk 5,15,

6. That which is spoken of (Plat., al.; V. Kennedy, Sources, 124), matter, affair, thing: Matt 21,24, Mark 1,45; 11,29, Luk 20,3, ApG 8,21; of a matter in dispute, as a case or suit at law, ApG 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, ApG 18,14

(b) a reason, cause: τίνι λόγῳ, ApG 10,29 παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας, Matt 5,32; 19,9, WH, mg., R, mg.

2. account,

(a) regard: ApG 20,24, Rec.;

(b) reckoning: Fil 4,15, 17; συναίρειν (which see) λ., Matt 18,23; 25,19; in forensic sense, Rom 14,12, Hebr 13,17, 1 Pet 4,5; with genitive of thing(s), Luk 16,2 before περί, Matt 12,36, ApG 19,40, 1 Pet 3,15.

3. proportion, analogy: Fil 2,16 (Field, Notes, 193 f.).

III. ὁ λ., the Divine Word or Logos: Joh 1,1, 14; τ. ζωῆς, 1 Joh 1,1 τ. θεοῦ, Åb 19,13 (see Westc, Swete, CGT, in ll.; reff. in Artt., Logos, DB, DCG).