What does Logos mean?

Logos (λόγος, Strong's G3056) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as 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). The King James Bible translates it as 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.

What is the Strong's number for Logos?

The Strong's number for Logos (λόγος) is G3056. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

Bible word study

Logos (Strong’s G3056): Meaning in the Bible

Logos (λόγος) is the Greek word numbered G3056 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as 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). In the King James Bible it is translated account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine.

λόγος

lógos · Greek

Strong’s G3056 · log'-os

Original wordλόγος
Transliterationlógos
Pronunciationlog'-os
Strong’s numberG3056
LanguageGreek

The full 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)

Derivation. from G3004;

How the King James Bible translates it

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 Logos appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Logos (G3056) stands behind 339 English renderings in 313 verses across 24 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Acts (64), John (42), Luke (35).

How the King James Bible renders Logos, by count

word146 of 339 (43 percent)
words47 of 339 (14 percent)
saying34 of 339 (10 percent)
the word27 of 339 (8 percent)
sayings15 of 339 (4 percent)
speech8 of 339 (2 percent)

Three places to read Logos

Matthew 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
2 Corinthians 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

And Christ

John takes this word, heavy with meaning, and says the Logos became flesh in Jesus. To know what God is like, Christians say, do not only reason about him. Look at the Word made flesh.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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