λόγος logos

Greek word for “word” · Strong’s G3056 · used 330 times in 317 verses

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Meaning

λόγος, -ου, ὁ (λέγω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for logos in context, with how often each is used:

• word 194
• words 56
• account 11
• saying 9
• speech 9
• message 6
• talk 6
• matter 5
• statement 4
• thing 4
• report 4
• reason 3

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 4 (8), Acts 13 (8), Acts 15 (8), John 8 (6), Acts 20 (6), Revelation 22 (6), Matthew 13 (5), Luke 8 (5), Luke 1 (4), John 4 (4)

Forms

• λόγον 130
• λόγος 68
• λόγῳ 45
• λόγου 27
• λόγους 23
• λόγοις 17
• λόγων 10
• λόγοι 10

Words used with it

Words that share verses with logos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 55
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 28
• πολύς polus “much” 24
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 21
• περί peri “about” 23
• τηρέω tēreō “to keep” 14
• εἰ ei “if” 21
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 17
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 17
• σπείρω speirō “to sow” 10
• μετά meta “with/after” 18
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 14

Key verses

The verses using logos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
• Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law…
• John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Acts 10:36 — The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
• Acts 13:46 — Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and…
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received…
• Colossians 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in…
• 1 Thessalonians 1:5 — For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you…
• Hebrews 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints…
• Hebrews 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• 2 Peter 2:3 — And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.