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'''3056''' logos log’-os | '''3056''' logos log’-os | ||
| - | from [[3004]] | + | from [[3004]]; n m |
| - | AV-word 218, saying 50, account 8, speech 8, Word (Christ) 7, thing 5, not tr 2, misc 32; 330 | + | [[AV]]-word 218, saying 50, account 8, speech 8, Word (Christ) 7, thing 5, not tr 2, misc 32; 330 |
| - | 1) of speech | + | '''1)''' of speech |
<br> 1a) a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea | <br> 1a) a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea | ||
<br> 1b) what someone has said | <br> 1b) what someone has said | ||
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<br> 1g) the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed | <br> 1g) the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed | ||
| - | + | '''2)''' its use as respect to the MIND alone | |
<br> 2a) reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating | <br> 2a) reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating | ||
<br> 2b) account, i.e. regard, consideration | <br> 2b) account, i.e. regard, consideration | ||
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<br> 2f) reason, cause, ground | <br> 2f) reason, cause, ground | ||
| - | + | '''3)''' 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. | |
<br>This term was familiar to the Jews and in their writings long before a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus used the term Logos around 600 B.C. to designate the divine reason or plan which coordinates a changing universe. This word was well suited to John’s purpose in John 1. See Gill on "[[John 1:1]]". | <br>This term was familiar to the Jews and in their writings long before a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus used the term Logos around 600 B.C. to designate the divine reason or plan which coordinates a changing universe. This word was well suited to John’s purpose in John 1. See Gill on "[[John 1:1]]". | ||
Revision as of 10:42, 21 June 2009
3056 logos log’-os
from 3004; n m
AV-word 218, saying 50, account 8, speech 8, Word (Christ) 7, thing 5, not tr 2, misc 32; 330
1) of speech
1a) a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea
1b) what someone has said
1b1) a word
1b2) the sayings of God
1b3) decree, mandate or order
1b4) of the moral precepts given by God
1b5) Old Testament prophecy given by the prophets
1b6) what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim
1c) discourse
1c1) the act of speaking, speech
1c2) the faculty of speech, skill and practice in speaking
1c3) a kind or style of speaking
1c4) a continuous speaking discourse-instruction
1d) doctrine, teaching
1e) anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative
1f) matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law
1g) the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed
2) its use as respect to the MIND alone
2a) reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating
2b) account, i.e. regard, consideration
2c) account, i.e. reckoning, score
2d) account, i.e. answer or explanation in reference to judgment
2e) relation, i.e. with whom as judge we stand in relation
2e1) reason would
2f) reason, cause, ground
3) 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.
This term was familiar to the Jews and in their writings long before a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus used the term Logos around 600 B.C. to designate the divine reason or plan which coordinates a changing universe. This word was well suited to John’s purpose in John 1. See Gill on "John 1:1".
