Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

λόγος

Vocabulary form: 
λόγος
Definition: 

word, Word; statement, message

Frequency: 
330
GK: 
3364
Cognates: 

lovgoV (or the feminine logiva) is often used in compounds to denote the "study" of something.

Mnemonics: 

You'll need a password to logon.

Mnemonic Singing: 

When we walk with the Lord,
in the light of his Word,
what a glory he sheds on our way.

Notes: 

This word has a wide range of meaning, both in Greek and in English. It can refer to what is spoken, or it can be used philosophically/theologically for the "Word" (John 1:1-18).

Mnemonics

logos as in logos in words

I will never leave you or forsake you. You have my logo.

The believer has a choice of descriptive logos from the written word of God.

In the beginning was the Logos. John 1:1

Thy λόγος have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee - Psalm 119:11

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 5:32 But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground (logou | λόγου | gen sg masc) of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman is made to commit adultery.
Matthew 5:37 But let what you say (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) be a simple ‘Yes, or ‘No, anything more than this comes from the evil one.
Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc) of mine, and does them, is like the wise man, who built his house upon rock.
Matthew 7:26 But everyone who hears these words (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc) of mine, and does not do them, will be like the foolish man who built his house on sand.
Matthew 7:28 Now when Jesus had finished these words (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc), the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
Matthew 8:8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof, but just say the word (logō | λόγῳ | dat sg masc) and my servant will be healed.
Matthew 8:16 Now when evening came, they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove out the spirits with a word (logō | λόγῳ | dat sg masc) and healed all who were ill.
Matthew 10:14 And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your message (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc), as you leave that house or that town shake off the dust from your feet.
Matthew 12:32 And whoever speaks a word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come.
Matthew 12:36 But I say to you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) for every careless word they speak.
Matthew 12:37 For by your words (logōn | λόγων | gen pl masc) you will be justified, and by your words (logōn | λόγων | gen pl masc) you will be condemned.”
Matthew 13:19 When anyone hears the message (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
Matthew 13:20 As for the one who was sown on rocky places, this is the one who hears the message (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) and immediately receives it with joy;
Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself but lasts only a short time, and when suffering or persecution arises on account of the message (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), immediately he falls away.
Matthew 13:22 As for the one who was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the message (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), but worldly anxiety and the deception of wealth choke the message (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 13:23 As for the one who was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the message (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Matthew 15:6 he need not honor his father.’ So you have nullified the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) of God for the sake of your tradition.
Matthew 15:12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard what you said?” (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc)
Matthew 15:23 But he answered her not a word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc). And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting after us.”
Matthew 18:23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a king who decided to settle accounts (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) with his servants.
Matthew 19:1 Now when Jesus had finished these sayings (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc), he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River.
Matthew 19:11 Jesus replied “Not everyone can live as you suggest, (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) but only those to whom it is given.
Matthew 19:22 But when the young man heard this, he went away greatly distressed, for he had many possessions.
Matthew 21:24 Jesus answered them, saying, “I also will ask you one question (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), and if you give me an answer, then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Matthew 22:15 Then the Pharisees went out and plotted how they could trap him in what he said (logō | λόγῳ | dat sg masc).
Matthew 22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), nor did anyone dare to question him any more from that day on.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words (logoi | λόγοι | nom pl masc) will never pass away.
Matthew 25:19 Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) with them.
Matthew 26:1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc), he said to his disciples,
Matthew 26:44 So he left them and went away, and for the third time prayed again using the same words (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc).
Matthew 28:15 So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) has been circulated among Jews to this very day.
Mark 1:45 However, he went out and began to announce it publicly and spread abroad the news (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), so that no longer Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, enter but stayed out in unpopulated areas. stayed Yet people kept coming to him from every quarter.
Mark 2:2 Many people gathered so that there was no longer any room, not even at the entrance; and he began speaking the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) to them.
Mark 4:14 The sower sows the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc). sows
Mark 4:15 These are the ones on the path where the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) is sown: whenever they hear, Satan immediately comes Satan and carries off the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) that was sown in them.
Mark 4:16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground: ones sown whenever they hear the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), they immediately receive it with joy. they receive it
Mark 4:17 But they have no root in themselves and last for only a limited time. last for Then, when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), immediately they fall away.
Mark 4:18 Others are the ones sown among the thorns: sown these are the ones who hear the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), who hear
Mark 4:19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for many other things desires come in and choke the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), and it becomes barren. it becomes
Mark 4:20 These are the ones sown on good soil: good sown they hear the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), accept it, and bear fruit — thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold.”
Mark 4:33 So with many parables such as these he spoke the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) to them, as they were able to understand.
Mark 5:36 But Jesus, ignoring what (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) was said, said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”
Mark 7:13 Thus you invalidate the word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) of God with your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many similar things.”
Mark 7:29 And he said to her, “Because of this reply (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”
Mark 8:32 And he was speaking openly about this (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc). So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
Mark 8:38 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc) in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with his holy angels.”
Mark 9:10 So they kept this saying (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) to themselves, questioning what the “rising of the dead” could mean.
Mark 10:22 Disheartened by the saying (logō | λόγῳ | dat sg masc), the man went away grieving; for he had many possessions.
Mark 10:24 The disciples were shocked at his words (logois | λόγοις | dat pl masc). But Jesus, responding again, said to them, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!
Mark 11:29 But Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc); answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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