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λόγος (logos) means “word” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

λόγος Greek · G3056 328 tagged occurrences in 316 verses

Pronunciation guide: log'-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3056

λόγος · logos · word

λόγος, -ου, ὁ (λέγω) [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for מִלָּה ,אֵמֶר, etc. ;] I. Of that by which the inward thought is expressed, Lat. oratio, sermo, vox, verbum. 1. a word, not in the grammatical sense of a mere name (ἔπος, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), but a word as embodying a conception or idea: Mat.8:8, Luk.7:7, 1Co.14:9, 19 Heb.12:19, al. 2. a saying, statement, declaration: Mat.19:22 (T om.), Mrk.5:36 7:29, Luk.1:29, Jhn.2:22 6:60, Act.7:29, al.; with genitive attrib., Act.13:15, Rom.9:9, Heb.7:28, al.; of the sayings, commands, promises, etc., of teachers, Mat.7:24 10:14, Mrk.8:38, Luk.9:4, Jhn.14:24, al.; λ. κενοί, Eph.5:6; ἀληθινοί, Rev.19:9; πιστοί, Rev.22:6; esp. of the precepts, decrees and promises of God, ὁ λ. τ. θεοῦ, the word of God: Mrk.7:13, Jhn.10:35, Rom.13:9, 1Co.14:36, Php.1:14, al.; absol., ὁ λ., Mat.13:21, 22 Mrk.16:[20], Luk.1:2, Act.6:4, Heb.4:12, al. 3. speech, discourse: Act.14:12, 2Co.10:10, Jas.3:2; opposite to ἐπιστολή, 2Th.2:15; disting, from σοφία, 1Co.2:1; ἀναστροφή, 1Ti.4:12; δύναμις, 1Co.4:19, 1Th.1:5; ἔργον, Rom.15:18; οὐδενὸς λ. τίμιον (not worthy of mention), Act.20:24; of the faculty of speech, Luk.24:19, 2Co.11:6; of the style of speech, Mat.5:37, 1Co.1:5; of instruction, Col.4:3, 1Pe.3:1; with genitive of person(s), Jhn.5:24 8:52, Act.2:41, al.; ὁ λ. ὁ ἐμός, Jhn.8:31; with genitive obj. (τ.) ἀληθείας, 2Co.6:7, Col.1:5, Jas.1:18; τ. καταλλαγῆς, 2Co.5:19; τ. σταυροῦ, 1Co.1:18; of mere talk, 1Co.4:19, 2o, Col.2:23, 1Jn.3:18; of the talk which one occasions, hence, repute: Col.2:23. 4. subject-matter, hence, teaching, doctrine: Act.18:15, 2Ti.2:17, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine: Mat.13:20-23, Mrk.4:14-20 8:32, Luk.1:2, Act.8:4, Gal.6:6, 1Th.1:6, al.; with genitive of person(s), τ. θεοῦ, Luk.5:1, Jhn.17:6, Act.4:29, 1Co.14:36, I Jhn.1:10, Rev.6:9, al.; τ. Κυρίου, Act.8:25, 1Th.1:8, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ, Col.3:16, Rev.3:8; with genitive appos., Act.15:7; with genitive attrib., Heb.5:13. 5. a story, tale, narrative: Mat.28:15, Jhn.21:23, Act.1:1 11:22; before περί, Luk.5:15. 6. That which is spoken of (Plat., al.; V. Kennedy, Sources, 124), matter, affair, thing: Mat.21:24, Mrk.1:45 11:29, Luk.20:3, Act.8:21; of a matter in dispute, as a case or suit at law, Act.19:38; pl. (1Ma.7:33, al.), Luk.1:4. II. Of the inward thought itself, Lat. ratio. 1. reason, (a) of the mental faculty (Hdt., Plat., al.): κατὰ λόγον, Act.18:14; (b) a reason, cause: τίνι λόγῳ, Act.10:29; παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας, Mat.5:32 19:9, WH, mg., R, mg. 2. account, (a) regard: Act.20:24, Rec.; (b) reckoning: Php.4:15, 17; συναίρειν (which see) λ., Mat.18:23 25:19; in forensic sense, Rom.14:12, Heb.13:17, 1Pe.4:5; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.16:2; before περί, Mat.12:36, Act.19:40, 1Pe.3:15. 3. proportion, analogy: Php.2:16 (Field, Notes, 193 f.). III. ὁ λ., the Divine Word or Logos: Jhn.1:1, 14; τ. ζωῆς, 1Jn.1:1; τ. θεοῦ, Rev.19:13 (see Westc, Swete, CGT, in ll.; reff. in Artt., Logos, DB, DCG). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.

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How translators render G3056

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
word 124
words 51
message 30
saying 8
speech 8
the word 8
account 5
a word 4
an account 4
news 4
vvv 4
talk 3
accounts 2
decree 2
matter 2
question 2
speaker 2
speaking 2
teaching 2
the message 2
thing 2
a complaint 1
a question 1
an appearance 1
answer 1
appointed 1
are saying 1
as the word 1
at his word 1
book 1
by what they said 1
by word 1
command 1
does he mean 1
for 1
he made this statement 1
his sentence 1
his words 1
in his words 1
in person 1
in speech 1
in the message 1
in word 1
instructions we have given 1
it would be reasonable 1
jesus had said 1
length 1
ministry 1
of the word 1
of the words 1
preaching 1
proposal 1
remark 1
rumor 1
speak 1
stated 1
statement 1
teachings 1
the matter 1
the reason 1
the things 1
things 1
through the word 1
to account 1
to say 1
what 1
what he says 1
with a word 1
word evident 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the word 116
word 37
words 36
saying 22
sayings 13
the words 9
account 6
the saying 6
a word 5
of the word 5
speech 4
that saying 4
with 4
the sayings 3
things 3
utterance 3
a 2
an account 2
communication 2
in the word 2
in word 2
matter 2
of 2
the 2
thing 2
this saying 2
a fame 1
a matter 1
a reason 1
an 1
any word 1
by 1
by the word 1
by word 1
concerning 1
exhortation 1
for the cause 1
his speech 1
i preached 1
in 1
in a word 1
in speech 1
intent 1
manner of communications 1
mouth 1
of speech 1
of the words 1
of these things 1
of utterance 1
of words 1
question 1
reason 1
rumour 1
speaker 1
talk 1
that the word 1
the doctrine 1
the matter 1
the preaching 1
the speech 1
the words sake 1
the work 1
those things 1
tidings 1
to do 1
to the word 1
treatise 1
unto the word 1
with the word 1
with words 1
work 1

Verses containing G3056

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  1. John 8:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”

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  2. John 8:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

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  3. John 8:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

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  4. John 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.

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  5. John 10:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

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  6. John 12:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

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  7. John 12:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

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  8. John 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

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  9. John 14:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

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  10. John 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

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  11. John 15:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

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  12. John 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

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  13. John 17:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

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  14. John 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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  15. John 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

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  16. John 17:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

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  17. John 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

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  18. John 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

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  19. John 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,

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  20. John 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

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  21. John 21:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”

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  22. Acts 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

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  23. Acts 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.

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  24. Acts 2:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

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  25. Acts 2:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

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  26. Acts 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

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  27. Acts 4:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

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  28. Acts 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

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  29. Acts 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

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  30. Acts 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

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  31. Acts 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

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  32. Acts 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

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  33. Acts 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

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  34. Acts 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

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  35. Acts 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

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  36. Acts 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

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  37. Acts 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

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  38. Acts 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

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  39. Acts 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

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  40. Acts 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

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  41. Acts 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

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  42. Acts 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

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  43. Acts 10:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

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  44. Acts 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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  45. Acts 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

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  46. Acts 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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  47. Acts 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

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  48. Acts 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

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  49. Acts 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

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  50. Acts 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

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