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: Mt 8,8, Łk 7,7, 1 Kor 14,9.19 Hbr 12,19, al. 2. a saying, statement, declaration: Mt 19,22 (T om.), Mk 5,36; 7,29, Łk 1,29, J 2,22; 6,60, Dz 7,29, al.; with genitive attrib., Dz 13,15, Rz 9,9, Hbr 7,28, al.; of the sayings, commands, promises, etc., of teachers, Mt 7,24; 10,14, Mk 8,38, Łk 9,4, J 14,24, al.; λ. κενοί, Ef 5,6 ἀληθινοί, Ap 19,9 πιστοί, Ap 22,6 esp. of the precepts, decrees and promises of God, ὁ λ. τ. θεοῦ, the word of God: Mk 7,13, J 10,35, Rz 13,9, 1 Kor 14,36, Flp 1,14, al.; absol., ὁ λ., Mt 13,21.22 Mrk.16:[20], Łk 1,2, Dz 6,4, Hbr 4,12, al. 3. speech, discourse: Dz 14,12, 2 Kor 10,10, Jk 3,2; opposite to ἐπιστολή, 2 Tes 2,15 disting, from σοφία, 1 Kor 2,1 ἀναστροφή, 1 Tm 4,12 δύναμις, 1 Kor 4,19, 1 Tes 1,5; ἔργον, Rz 15,18 οὐδενὸς λ. τίμιον (not worthy of mention), Dz 20,24 of the faculty of speech, Łk 24,19, 2 Kor 11,6; of the style of speech, Mt 5,37, 1 Kor 1,5; of instruction, Kol 4,3, 1 P 3,1; with genitive of person(s), J 5,24; 8,52, Dz 2,41, al.; ὁ λ. ὁ ἐμός, J 8,31 with genitive obj. (τ.) ἀληθείας, 2 Kor 6,7, Kol 1,5, Jk 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 J 3,18 of the talk which one occasions, hence, repute: Kol 2,23 4. subject-matter, hence, teaching, doctrine: Dz 18,15, 2 Tm 2,17, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine: Mt 13,20-23, Mk 4,14-20; 8,32, Łk 1,2, Dz 8,4, Ga 6,6, 1 Tes 1,6, al.; with genitive of person(s), τ. θεοῦ, Łk 5,1, J 17,6, Dz 4,29, 1 Kor 14,36, I J 1,10, Ap 6,9, al.; τ. Κυρίου, Dz 8,25, 1 Tes 1,8, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ, Kol 3,16, Ap 3,8; with genitive appos., Dz 15,7 with genitive attrib., Hbr 5,13 5. a story, tale, narrative: Mt 28,15, J 21,23, Dz 1,1; 11,22; before περί, Łk 5,15 6. That which is spoken of (Plat., al.; V. Kennedy, Sources, 124), matter, affair, thing: Mt 21,24, Mk 1,45; 11,29, Łk 20,3, Dz 8,21; of a matter in dispute, as a case or suit at law, Dz 19,38 pl. (1 Mch 7,33, al.), Łk 1,4. II. Of the inward thought itself, Lat. ratio. 1. reason, (a) of the mental faculty (Hdt., Plat., al.): κατὰ λόγον, Dz 18,14 (b) a reason, cause: τίνι λόγῳ, Dz 10,29 παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας, Mt 5,32; 19,9, WH, mg., R, mg. 2. account, (a) regard: Dz 20,24, Rec.; (b) reckoning: Flp 4,15.17; συναίρειν (which see) λ., Mt 18,23; 25,19; in forensic sense, Rz 14,12, Hbr 13,17, 1 P 4,5; with genitive of thing(s), Łk 16,2 before περί, Mt 12,36, Dz 19,40, 1 P 3,15. 3. proportion, analogy: Flp 2,16 (Field, Notes, 193 f.). III. ὁ λ., the Divine Word or Logos: J 1,1.14; τ. ζωῆς, 1 J 1,1 τ. θεοῦ, Ap 19,13 (see Westc, Swete, CGT, in ll.; reff. in Artt., Logos, DB, DCG). (AS)