Vocabulary Form
λόγος, -ου, ὁ
Definition

word, Word; statement, message

Erasmian
Modern
Root
λογο
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.

Song
Verse

“In the beginning was the λόγος, and the λόγος was with God, and the λόγος was God.” (John 1:1)

“Whatever you do, whether in λόγος or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord.” (Col 3:17)

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).

Biblical Concordance

John 8:43 Why do you not understand the way I speak? It is because you are unable to grasp my message (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc).
John 8:51 I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone keeps my word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), he will never see death.”
John 8:52 The Jews therefore said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), he will never taste death.’
John 8:55 And you have not known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I did not know him, I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him, and I keep his word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc).
John 10:19 Once again there was a division among the Jews because of these words (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc).
John 10:35 If the scripture called them ‘gods’ to whom the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) of God came — and scripture cannot be annulled —
John 12:38 that the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
John 12:48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) that I have spoken will judge him at the last day.
John 14:23 Jesus answered him, saying, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling place with him.
John 14:24 The one who does not love me does not keep my words (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc); and the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) you are hearing is not mine, but is from the Father’s who sent me.
John 15:3 By this time you are clean because of the message (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc) that I have spoken to you.
John 15:20 Remember the saying (logou | λόγου | gen sg masc) that I told you, ‘The servant is not greater than his master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), they will keep yours as well.
John 15:25 However, the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) that is written in their law had to be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
John 17:6 “I have made your name known to the men you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc).
John 17:14 I have given them your word (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
John 17:17 Consecrate them by the truth; your word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) is truth.
John 17:20 “It is not only for these that I am interceding, but also for those who will come to believe in me through their word (logou | λόγου | gen sg masc),
John 18:9 This was to fulfill the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those you have given me.”
John 18:32 This was to fulfill the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) that Jesus had spoken indicating what kind of death he was going to die.
John 19:8 Now when Pilate heard this statement (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), he became even more afraid.
John 19:13 On hearing these words (logōn | λόγων | gen pl masc), Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s bench in the place called “Stone Pavement,” or in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”
John 21:23 So the word (logos | λόγος | nom sg masc) spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but rather, “If I should want him to remain alive until I come back, what concern is that to you?”
Acts 1:1 I wrote the first book (logon | λόγον | acc sg masc), Theophilus, about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach,
Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: (logous | λόγους | acc pl masc) Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know —
Acts 2:40 And with many other words (logois | λόγοις | dat pl masc) he gave them warning and pleaded with them, saying, “Escape from this corrupt generation.”