What does λόγιον (lógion) mean in the Bible?
λόγιον (lógion): Divine utterance or oracle; God's authoritative spoken word distinguished from ordinary human speech
Greek · G3051
λόγιον
An utterance (of God)
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λόγιον G3051
Pronunciation lógion
What does λόγιον (lógion) mean in the Bible?
λόγιον (lógion): Divine utterance or oracle; God's authoritative spoken word distinguished from ordinary human speech
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3051?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include one conveying the words of God (1), very words (1), word (1), words (1).
Where does λόγιον (lógion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 7:38. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Acts (1), Hebrews (1), Romans (1).
Are there verse guides for λόγιον (lógion)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
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 one conveying the words of God 1× 1 Peter 4:11
very words 1× Romans 3:2
word 1× Hebrews 5:12
words 1× Acts 7:38
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Usage map
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First aligned row Acts 7:38
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Acts 1 Romans 1 Hebrews 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
λόγια 3x logia Acts 7:38, Romans 3:2, 1 Peter 4:11
λογίων 1x logiōn Hebrews 5:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 3x Acts 7:38, Romans 3:2, 1 Peter 4:11
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Hebrews 5:12
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. Divine utterance or oracle; God's authoritative spoken word distinguished from ordinary human speech
Source Gloss
an utterance (of God)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 7:38 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
λόγια logia
divine communication
Read verse logia
divine communication
Read verse Hebrews 5:12 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
λογίων logiwn
divine communication
Read verse 1 Peter 4:11 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
λόγια logia
divine communication
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 4 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (4)
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Heb 5:12 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
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Biblical Witnesses
Divine utterances or sacred words given to Moses and Israel
God's sacred utterances entrusted to the Jewish people
Elementary divine utterances or teachings of God's word
Divine utterances or words that someone speaks as God's message
Word Origins
λόγιον 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