What does λογικός (logikós) mean in the Bible?
λογικός (logikós): Pertains to reason or intellect; in NT, describes worship and nourishment aligned with rational understanding.
Greek · G3050
λογικός
Rational ("logical")
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λογικός G3050
Pronunciation logikós
What does λογικός (logikós) mean in the Bible?
λογικός (logikós): Pertains to reason or intellect; in NT, describes worship and nourishment aligned with rational understanding.
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How does the BSB render G3050?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include spiritual (2).
Where does λογικός (logikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 12:1. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It spiritual 2× Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 2:2
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Usage map
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First aligned row Romans 12:1
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
λογικὴν 1x logikēn Romans 12:1
λογικὸν 1x logikon 1 Peter 2:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 12:1
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x 1 Peter 2:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Pertains to reason or intellect; in NT, describes worship and nourishment aligned with rational understanding.
Strong's G3050
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
rational ("logical")
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Pertains to reason or intellect; in NT, describes worship and nourishment aligned with rational understanding.
(λόγος, reason) reasonable, rational: λατρεία, Rom.12:1; τὸ λ. (i.e. spiritual) γάλα (see Hort, in l; MM, xvi), 1Pe.2:2 (in support of AV, milk of the word, see ICC, in l).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 12:1 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
λογικὴν logikhn
reasonable, rational, metaphorical
Read verse 1 Peter 2:2 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
λογικὸν logikon
reasonable, rational, metaphorical
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rom 12:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 1 Pet 2:2 1×
Word Origins
λογικός is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain