λόγος
word
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G3056
Strong's Greek
lógos
Transliteration
/log'-os/
Pronunciation
Usage in the GNT
330
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Thayer Definition
1. of speech
a. a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea
b. what someone has said
1. a word
2. the sayings of God
3. decree, mandate or order
4. of the moral precepts given by God
5. Old Testament prophecy given by the prophets
6. what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim
c. discourse
1. the act of speaking, speech
2. the faculty of speech, skill and practice in speaking
3. a kind or style of speaking
4. a continuous speaking discourse - instruction
d. doctrine, teaching
e. anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative
f. matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law
g. the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed
2. its use as respect to the MIND alone
a. reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating
b. account, i.e. regard, consideration
c. account, i.e. reckoning, score
d. account, i.e. answer or explanation in reference to judgment
e. relation, i.e. with whom as judge we stand in relation
1. reason would
f. reason, cause, ground
3. In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds. A Greek philosopher named Heraclitus first used the term Logos around 600 B.C. to designate the divine reason or plan which coordinates a changing universe. This word was well suited to John's purpose inJohn 1.
Strong's concordance entry
From G3004 ; something said (including the thought ); by implication a topic (subject of discourse) also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive ; by extension a computation ; specifically (with the article in John) the divine Expression (that is christ ): - account cause communication X concerning doctrine fame X have to do intent matter mouth preaching question reason + reckon remove say (-ing) shew X speaker speech talk thing + none of these things move me tidings treatise utterance word work.
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine 129 times (39%)
- Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 68 times (21%)
- Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine 45 times (14%)
- Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine 28 times (8%)
- Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine 22 times (7%)
- Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine 17 times (5%)
- Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine 11 times (3%)
- Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 10 times (3%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 330 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 2 — showing verses 1–200 of 317 distinct verses where G3056 appears, across 25 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 29 verses
- Matthew 5:32 λόγου n gen sg masc but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
- Matthew 5:37 λόγος n nom sg masc But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'no.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
- Matthew 7:24 λόγους n acc pl masc "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
- Matthew 7:26 λόγους n acc pl masc Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
- Matthew 7:28 λόγους n acc pl masc It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
- Matthew 8:8 λόγῳ n dat sg masc The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- Matthew 8:16 λόγῳ n dat sg masc When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
- Matthew 10:14 λόγους n acc pl masc Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
- Matthew 12:32 λόγον n acc sg masc Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
- Matthew 12:36 λόγον n acc sg masc I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
- Matthew 12:37 λόγων λόγων n gen pl masc n gen pl masc For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
- Matthew 13:19 λόγον n acc sg masc When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
- Matthew 13:20 λόγον n acc sg masc What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
- Matthew 13:21 λόγον n acc sg masc yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
- Matthew 13:22 λόγον λόγον n acc sg masc n acc sg masc What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
- Matthew 13:23 λόγον n acc sg masc What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most assuredly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
- Matthew 15:12 λόγον n acc sg masc Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
- Matthew 15:23 λόγον n acc sg masc But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
- Matthew 18:23 λόγον n acc sg masc Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.
- Matthew 19:1 λόγους n acc pl masc It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
- Matthew 19:11 λόγον n acc sg masc But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
- Matthew 21:24 λόγον n acc sg masc Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Matthew 22:15 λόγῳ n dat sg masc Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
- Matthew 22:46 λόγον n acc sg masc No one was able to answer him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
- Matthew 24:35 λόγοι n nom pl masc Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- Matthew 25:19 λόγον n acc sg masc "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
- Matthew 26:1 λόγους n acc pl masc It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,
- Matthew 26:44 λόγον n acc sg masc He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.
- Matthew 28:15 λόγος n nom sg masc So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day.
Mark 23 verses
- Mark 1:45 λόγον n acc sg masc But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.
- Mark 2:2 λόγον n acc sg masc Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.
- Mark 4:14 λόγον n acc sg masc The farmer sows the word.
- Mark 4:15 λόγος λόγον n nom sg masc n acc sg masc These are the ones by the road, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
- Mark 4:16 λόγον n acc sg masc These in like manner are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
- Mark 4:17 λόγον n acc sg masc They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
- Mark 4:18 λόγον n acc sg masc Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
- Mark 4:19 λόγον n acc sg masc and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Mark 4:20 λόγον n acc sg masc These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."
- Mark 4:33 λόγον n acc sg masc With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
- Mark 5:36 λόγον n acc sg masc But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."
- Mark 7:13 λόγον n acc sg masc making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
- Mark 7:29 λόγον n acc sg masc He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
- Mark 8:32 λόγον n acc sg masc He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
- Mark 8:38 λόγους n acc pl masc For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
- Mark 9:10 λόγον n acc sg masc They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
- Mark 10:22 λόγῳ n dat sg masc But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
- Mark 10:24 λόγοις n dat pl masc The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
- Mark 11:29 λόγον n acc sg masc Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Mark 12:13 λόγῳ n dat sg masc They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
- Mark 13:31 λόγοι n nom pl masc Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- Mark 14:39 λόγον n acc sg masc Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.
- Mark 16:20 λόγον n acc sg masc They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
Luke 33 verses
- Luke 1:2 λόγου n gen sg masc even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
- Luke 1:4 λόγων n gen pl masc that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
- Luke 1:20 λόγοις n dat pl masc Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
- Luke 1:29 λόγῳ n dat sg masc But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
- Luke 3:4 λόγων n gen pl masc As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.
- Luke 4:22 λόγοις n dat pl masc All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
- Luke 4:32 λόγος n nom sg masc and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
- Luke 4:36 λόγος n nom sg masc Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"
- Luke 5:1 λόγον n acc sg masc Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- Luke 5:15 λόγος n nom sg masc But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
- Luke 6:47 λόγων n gen pl masc Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.
- Luke 7:7 λόγῳ n dat sg masc Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- Luke 7:17 λόγος n nom sg masc This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.
- Luke 8:11 λόγος n nom sg masc Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- Luke 8:12 λόγον n acc sg masc Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
- Luke 8:13 λόγον n acc sg masc Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
- Luke 8:15 λόγον n acc sg masc That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
- Luke 8:21 λόγον n acc sg masc But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."
- Luke 9:26 λόγους n acc pl masc For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
- Luke 9:28 λόγους n acc pl masc It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.
- Luke 9:44 λόγους n acc pl masc "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."
- Luke 10:39 λόγον n acc sg masc She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
- Luke 11:28 λόγον n acc sg masc But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
- Luke 12:10 λόγον n acc sg masc Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
- Luke 16:2 λόγον n acc sg masc He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
- Luke 20:3 λόγον n acc sg masc He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
- Luke 20:20 λόγου n gen sg masc They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
- Luke 21:33 λόγοι n nom pl masc Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
- Luke 22:61 λόγου n gen sg masc The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times."
- Luke 23:9 λόγοις n dat pl masc He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.
- Luke 24:17 λόγοι n nom pl masc He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
- Luke 24:19 λόγῳ n dat sg masc He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
- Luke 24:44 λόγοι n nom pl masc He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
John 36 verses
- John 1:1 λόγος λόγος λόγος n nom sg masc n nom sg masc n nom sg masc In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:14 λόγος n nom sg masc The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 2:22 λόγῳ n dat sg masc When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
- John 4:37 λόγος n nom sg masc For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'
- John 4:39 λόγον n acc sg masc From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, "He told me everything that I did."
- John 4:41 λόγον n acc sg masc Many more believed because of his word.
- John 4:50 λόγῳ n dat sg masc Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
- John 5:24 λόγον n acc sg masc "Most assuredly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- John 5:38 λόγον n acc sg masc You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.
- John 6:60 λόγος n nom sg masc Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"
- John 7:36 λόγος n nom sg masc What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come?'"
- John 7:40 λόγων n gen pl masc Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
- John 8:31 λόγῳ n dat sg masc Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
- John 8:37 λόγος n nom sg masc I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
- John 8:43 λόγον n acc sg masc Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
- John 8:51 λόγον n acc sg masc Most assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
- John 8:52 λόγον n acc sg masc Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'
- John 8:55 λόγον n acc sg masc You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.
- John 10:19 λόγους n acc pl masc Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
- John 10:35 λόγος n nom sg masc If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),
- John 12:38 λόγος n nom sg masc that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
- John 12:48 λόγος n nom sg masc He who rejects me, and doesn't receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.
- John 14:23 λόγον n acc sg masc Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
- John 14:24 λόγους λόγος n acc pl masc n nom sg masc He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.
- John 15:3 λόγον n acc sg masc You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
- John 15:20 λόγου λόγον n gen sg masc n acc sg masc Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
- John 15:25 λόγος n nom sg masc But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
- John 17:6 λόγον n acc sg masc I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.
- John 17:14 λόγον n acc sg masc I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- John 17:17 λόγος n nom sg masc Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
- John 17:20 λόγου n gen sg masc Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
- John 18:9 λόγος n nom sg masc that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."
- John 18:32 λόγος n nom sg masc that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
- John 19:8 λόγον n acc sg masc When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.
- John 19:13 λόγων n gen pl masc When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."
- John 21:23 λόγος n nom sg masc This saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this disciple wouldn't die. Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wouldn't die, but, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?"
Acts 65 verses
- Acts 1:1 λόγον n acc sg masc The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
- Acts 2:22 λόγους n acc pl masc "Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,
- Acts 2:40 λόγοις n dat pl masc With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"
- Acts 2:41 λόγον n acc sg masc Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
- Acts 4:4 λόγον n acc sg masc But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
- Acts 4:29 λόγον n acc sg masc Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
- Acts 4:31 λόγον n acc sg masc When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
- Acts 5:5 λόγους n acc pl masc Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.
- Acts 5:24 λόγους n acc pl masc Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.
- Acts 6:2 λόγον n acc sg masc The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.
- Acts 6:4 λόγου n gen sg masc But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."
- Acts 6:5 λόγος n nom sg masc These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
- Acts 6:7 λόγος n nom sg masc The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
- Acts 7:22 λόγοις n dat pl masc Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
- Acts 7:29 λόγῳ n dat sg masc Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
- Acts 8:4 λόγον n acc sg masc Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
- Acts 8:14 λόγον n acc sg masc Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
- Acts 8:21 λόγῳ n dat sg masc You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God.
- Acts 8:25 λόγον n acc sg masc They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
- Acts 10:29 λόγῳ n dat sg masc Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"
- Acts 10:36 λόγον n acc sg masc The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
- Acts 10:44 λόγον n acc sg masc While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
- Acts 11:1 λόγον n acc sg masc Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
- Acts 11:19 λόγον n acc sg masc They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
- Acts 11:22 λόγος n nom sg masc The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,
- Acts 12:24 λόγος n nom sg masc But the word of God grew and multiplied.
- Acts 13:5 λόγον n acc sg masc When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They had also John as their attendant.
- Acts 13:7 λόγον n acc sg masc who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
- Acts 13:15 λόγος n nom sg masc After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."
- Acts 13:26 λόγος n nom sg masc Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
- Acts 13:44 λόγον n acc sg masc The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
- Acts 13:46 λόγον n acc sg masc Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
- Acts 13:48 λόγον n acc sg masc As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
- Acts 13:49 λόγος n nom sg masc The Lord's word was spread abroad throughout all the region.
- Acts 14:3 λόγῳ n dat sg masc Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
- Acts 14:12 λόγου n gen sg masc They called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief speaker.
- Acts 14:25 λόγον n acc sg masc When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
- Acts 15:6 λόγου n gen sg masc The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
- Acts 15:7 λόγον n acc sg masc When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.
- Acts 15:15 λόγοι n nom pl masc This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,
- Acts 15:24 λόγοις n dat pl masc Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;
- Acts 15:27 λόγου n gen sg masc We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
- Acts 15:32 λόγου n gen sg masc Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
- Acts 15:35 λόγον n acc sg masc But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
- Acts 15:36 λόγον n acc sg masc After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
- Acts 16:6 λόγον n acc sg masc When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
- Acts 16:32 λόγον n acc sg masc They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
- Acts 16:36 λόγους n acc pl masc The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."
- Acts 17:11 λόγον n acc sg masc Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
- Acts 17:13 λόγος n nom sg masc But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
- Acts 18:5 λόγῳ n dat sg masc But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
- Acts 18:11 λόγον n acc sg masc He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
- Acts 18:14 λόγον n acc sg masc But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
- Acts 18:15 λόγου n gen sg masc but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters."
- Acts 19:10 λόγον n acc sg masc This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
- Acts 19:20 λόγος n nom sg masc So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
- Acts 19:38 λόγον n acc sg masc If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
- Acts 19:40 λόγον n acc sg masc For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion."
- Acts 20:2 λόγῳ n dat sg masc When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
- Acts 20:7 λόγον n acc sg masc On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.
- Acts 20:24 λόγου n gen sg masc But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Gospel of the grace of God.
- Acts 20:32 λόγῳ n dat sg masc Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
- Acts 20:35 λόγων n gen pl masc In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
- Acts 20:38 λόγῳ n dat sg masc sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
- Acts 22:22 λόγου n gen sg masc They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"
Romans 7 verses
- Romans 3:4 λόγοις n dat pl masc May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, And might prevail when you come into judgment."
- Romans 9:6 λόγος n nom sg masc But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
- Romans 9:9 λόγος n nom sg masc For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
- Romans 9:28 λόγον n acc sg masc For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."
- Romans 13:9 λόγῳ n dat sg masc For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
- Romans 14:12 λόγον n acc sg masc So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
- Romans 15:18 λόγῳ n dat sg masc For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
1 Corinthians 14 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:5 λόγῳ n dat sg masc that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
- 1 Corinthians 1:17 λόγου n gen sg masc For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel--not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void.
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 λόγος n nom sg masc For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 λόγου n gen sg masc When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
- 1 Corinthians 2:4 λόγος λόγοις n nom sg masc n dat pl masc My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 λόγοις n dat pl masc Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
- 1 Corinthians 4:19 λόγον n acc sg masc But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
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λογος (lógos) is a Greek noun most often rendered “word.” Ranging over 9 senses, it is not a single-sense word. Spanning 317 verses in 25 books, it ranks among the common words of the Greek New Testament. Scripture first uses it in Matthew 5:32. Sharing its root, it stands alongside λεγω, βαττολογεω and λογια. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
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Modern gloss
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Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current Thayer scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's G3056 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 317
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 317 distinct verses.
- 25 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 25 of 27 New Testament books.
- #56
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Greek words (rank 56 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 317 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 317 distinct verses.
- Gospels 121 verses · 38%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 98 verses · 31%
- Pauline corpus 79 verses · 25%
- Johannine 61 verses · 19%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 22 verses · 7%
- Revelation 18 verses · 6%
- Hebrews 12 verses · 4%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Word 174×, Words 46×, Saying 33×
- American Standard Version: Word 186×, Words 58×, Saying 19×
- Berean Standard Bible: Word 142×, Words 54×, Message 33×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Word 234×, Words 62×, Message 9×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3056 across 325 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 23 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3056 across 334 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3056 across 311 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 16 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3056 across 347 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses in Thayer's, in lexicon order
The 9 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea
- what someone has said
- discourse
- doctrine, teaching
- anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative
- matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law
- the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed
- its use as respect to the MIND alone
- In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister…
Word origin
Derived from λεγω (légō) (G3004) — to say.
From G3004 ; something said (including the thought ); by implication a topic (subject of discourse) also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive ; by extension a computation ; specifically (with the article in John) the divine Expression (that is christ ): - account cause communication X concerning doctrine fame X have to do intent matter mouth preaching question reason + reckon remove say (-ing) shew X speaker speech talk thing + none of these things move me tidings treatise utterance word work.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 8 distinct written forms G3056 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| λόγον lógon | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 12:32 | 129 |
| λόγος lógos | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 5:37 | 68 |
| λόγῳ lógō | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 8:8 | 45 |
| λόγου lógou | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 5:32 | 28 |
| λόγους lógous | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 7:24 | 22 |
| λόγοις lógois | Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine | Mark 10:24 | 17 |
| λόγων lógōn | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 12:37 | 11 |
| λόγοι lógoi | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 24:35 | 10 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3056, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Derived from this word
- βαττολογεω battologéō G945 to stammer
- λογια logía G3048 collection
- λογιζομαι logízomai G3049 to reckon
- λογικος logikós G3050 rational
- λογιος lógios G3052 learned
- λογομαχεω logomachéō G3054 to quarrel
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word λογος appears 939 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 845 verses in 35 books.
- 939
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 845
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 4:23 λόγος
- Exodus 4:28 λόγος
- Leviticus 8:36 λόγος
- Numbers 11:23 λόγος
- Deuteronomy 1:1 λόγος
- Joshua 2:20 λόγος
- Judges 2:4 λόγος
- Ruth 4:7 λόγος
- 1 Samuel 3:17 λόγος
- 2 Samuel 1:4 λόγος
- 1 Kings 1:7 λόγος
- 2 Kings 1:7 λόγος
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3056) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 845. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 4:23 λόγος Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, For I have slain a man for wounding me, A young man for bruising me.
- Genesis 29:13 λόγος It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
- Genesis 34:18 λόγος Their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son.
- Exodus 4:28 λόγος Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had charged him.
- Exodus 5:9 λόγος Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."
- Exodus 18:19 λόγος Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.
- Exodus 19:7 λόγος Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
- Exodus 19:8 λόγος All the people answered together, and said, "All that Yahweh has spoken we will do." Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 20:1 λόγος God spoke all these words, saying,
- Exodus 24:3 λόγος Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
- Exodus 24:8 λόγος Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
- Exodus 33:17 λόγος Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."
- Exodus 34:27 λόγος Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
- Exodus 34:28 λόγος He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- Exodus 35:1 λόγος Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them.
- Leviticus 8:36 λόγος Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by Moses.
- Numbers 11:23 λόγος Yahweh said to Moses, Has Yahweh's hand grown short? now shall you see whether my word shall happen to you or not.
- Numbers 12:6 λόγος He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
- Numbers 16:31 λόγος It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them;
- Numbers 21:21 λόγος Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
- Deuteronomy 1:1 λόγος These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- Deuteronomy 1:18 λόγος I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
- Deuteronomy 1:32 λόγος Yet in this thing you didn't believe Yahweh your God,
- Deuteronomy 1:34 λόγος Yahweh heard the voice of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,
- Deuteronomy 2:26 λόγος I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
- Deuteronomy 3:26 λόγος But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn't listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.
- Deuteronomy 4:9 λόγος Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;
- Deuteronomy 4:30 λόγος When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 5:28 λόγος Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken.
- Deuteronomy 9:10 λόγος Yahweh delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
- Deuteronomy 10:4 λόγος He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 12:28 λόγος Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 13:4 λόγος You shall walk after Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave to him.
- Deuteronomy 13:15 λόγος you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle of it, with the edge of the sword.
- Deuteronomy 16:19 λόγος You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 22:14 λόγος and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;
- Deuteronomy 22:17 λόγος and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
- Deuteronomy 22:20 λόγος But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;
- Deuteronomy 27:3 λόγος and you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you are passed over; that you may go in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 27:26 λόγος Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 28:14 λόγος and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
- Deuteronomy 28:69 λόγος
- Deuteronomy 29:8 λόγος and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.
- Deuteronomy 31:1 λόγος Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:12 λόγος Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
- Deuteronomy 31:24 λόγος It happened, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
- Deuteronomy 31:28 λόγος Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Deuteronomy 32:44 λόγος Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 32:46 λόγος He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 32:47 λόγος For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3056) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
