What does λογία (logía) mean in the Bible?
λογία (logía): A voluntary monetary collection for charitable purposes, not payment or obligation but willing contribution.
Greek · G3048
λογία
A contribution
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λογίαG3048
Pronunciationlogía
What does λογία (logía) mean in the Bible?
λογία (logía): A voluntary monetary collection for charitable purposes, not payment or obligation but willing contribution.
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How does the BSB render G3048?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include collection (1), collections (1).
Where does λογία (logía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 16:1. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itcollection1×1 Corinthians 16:1
collections1×1 Corinthians 16:2
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Usage map
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First aligned row1 Corinthians 16:1
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
1 Corinthians2
Source forms
λογεῖαι*1xlogeiai1 Corinthians 16:2
λογείας*1xlogeias1 Corinthians 16:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1x1 Corinthians 16:1
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural1x1 Corinthians 16:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A voluntary monetary collection for charitable purposes, not payment or obligation but willing contribution.
Strong'sG3048
Lexical occurrences0 versesGreek text appearances2 timesVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Corinthians 16:1-4Source Gloss
a contribution
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A voluntary monetary collection for charitable purposes, not payment or obligation but willing contribution.
(prop., -εία, see BS, 142 ff.), -ας, ἡ (λογεύω, to collect, a word found in π., see Deiss., BS, l.with; LAE, 70, 103; MM, xvi), a collection: 1Co.16:1-2.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 16:1Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λογίαςlogiav
a collection, collecting
Read verse1 Corinthians 16:2Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
λογίαιlogiai
a collection, collecting
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
monetary contribution gathered for the saints in Jerusalem
Word Origins
λογία is built from this root: