λόγος

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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 ). (AS)