logos · word

What it means

logos (λόγος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “word”.

Saying, message; also reason, cause, account.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What someone says or teaches.
2. What God says, proclaimed to people.
3. Jesus, the Word, at the start of John.
4. Explaining what one did; a why, or a topic.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Word, saying, message; also account, reason, matter. Abbott-Smith and Thayer define it as a word, saying, statement, the word of God, discourse. It comes from the verb λέγω, “say”.

• The words someone says Matthew 7:24Matthew 5:37
• “The word”: the message that is proclaimed Luke 1:2
• “The Word”, in John's prologue John 1:1
• Account: giving an account, settling accounts Matthew 12:36Matthew 18:23
• Matter Acts 15:6

How we translate it

“Word” 224 times, “words” 65, “account” 11, “matter” 5. This edition's glossary sets “word” and allows “message”, “matter” and “account” according to the use. In John 1 it is capitalized, “the Word”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• word ×224
• words ×65
• account ×11
• matter ×5
• speech ×4
• reason ×3
• accounts ×2
• message ×2
• question ×2
• saying ×2
• others ×10

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×33
• Mark×24
• Luke×33
• John×40
• Acts×65
• Romans×7
• 1 Corinthians×16
• 2 Corinthians×9
• Galatians×2
• Ephesians×4
• Philippians×4
• Colossians×7
• 1 Thessalonians×9
• 2 Thessalonians×5
• 1 Timothy×8
• 2 Timothy×7
• Titus×5
• Hebrews×12
• James×5
• 1 Peter×6
• 2 Peter×4
• 1 John×6
• 3 John×1
• Revelation×18

• Matthew 5:32

  But I tell you that everyone who sends away his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who has been sent away commits adultery.

• Matthew 5:37

  But let your word be ‘Yes, yes,’ ‘No, no’; and what is more than these is from the evil one.

• Matthew 7:24

  “So everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

• Matthew 7:26

  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

• Matthew 7:28

  And it happened when Jesus finished these words that the crowds were astonished at his teaching;

• Matthew 8:8

  And the centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say a word, and my servant will be healed.

• Matthew 8:16

  When evening came, they brought to him many who were possessed by demons; and he drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill,

• Matthew 10:14

  And whoever does not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out of that house or town, shake off the dust from your feet.

• Matthew 12:32

  And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

• Matthew 12:36

  And I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment;

• Matthew 12:37

  for by your words you will be declared righteous, and by your words you will be condemned.”

• Matthew 13:19

  When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; this is the one sown along the path.

• Matthew 13:20

  And the one sown on the rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy;

• Matthew 13:21

  yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived; and when affliction or persecution comes on account of the word, at once he falls away.

• Matthew 13:22

  And the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

• Matthew 13:23

  And the one sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”

• Matthew 15:6

  will certainly not honor his father.’ And you have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

• Matthew 15:12

  Then the disciples come up and say to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard your word?”

• Matthew 15:23

  But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and were urging him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”

• Matthew 18:23

  For this reason the kingdom of heaven has become like to a man, a king, who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

• Matthew 19:1

  And it happened when Jesus had finished these words that he departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

• Matthew 19:11

  But he said to them, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.

• Matthew 19:22

  But when the young man heard the word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

• Matthew 21:24

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

• Matthew 22:15

  Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might trap him in his words.

• Matthew 22:46

  And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question him any longer.

• Matthew 24:35

  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

• Matthew 25:19

  Now after a long time the master of those slaves comes and settles accounts with them.

• Matthew 26:1

  And it happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,

• Matthew 26:44

  And leaving them again, he went away and prayed a third time, saying the same words again.

• Matthew 28:15

  And they took the money and did as they had been instructed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

• Mark 1:45

  But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the word, so that he could no longer enter a town openly, but was out in deserted places; and they kept coming to him from everywhere.

• Mark 2:2

  And many gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and he was speaking the word to them.

• Mark 4:14

  The sower sows the word.

• Mark 4:15

  And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; and when they hear, at once Satan comes and takes away the word that has been sown in them.

• Mark 4:16

  And likewise these are the ones sown on the rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, at once receive it with joy;

• Mark 4:17

  and they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived; then, when affliction or persecution comes on account of the word, at once they fall away.

• Mark 4:18

  And others are the ones sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

• Mark 4:19

  and the worries of the age and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things, coming in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

• Mark 4:20

  And those are the ones sown on the good soil, who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”

And 290 more times.