λόγον
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in john) the divine expression (i.e., christ)
Strong’s Definition
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in john) the divine expression (i.e., christ)
Etymology & Derivation
from G3004
KJV Usage
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
Detailed Definition
From Thayer’s Greek Lexicon outline.
- 1.of speech
- 2.a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea
- 3.reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating
- 4.account, i.e., regard, consideration
- 5.what someone has said
- 6.account, i.e., reckoning, score
- 7.its use as respect to the mind alone
- 8.account, i.e., answer or explanation in reference to judgment
- 9.discourse
- 10.relation, i.e., with whom as judge we stand in relation
- 11.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
- 12.doctrine, teaching
- 13.anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative
- 14.reason, cause, ground
- 15.matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law
- 16.the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed