What does λόγιος (lógios) mean in the Bible?
λόγιος (lógios): Learned or eloquent person; in NT specifically denotes rhetorical skill and verbal facility rather than deep wisdom.
Greek · G3052
λόγιος
Learned
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λόγιοςG3052
Pronunciationlógios
What does λόγιος (lógios) mean in the Bible?
λόγιος (lógios): Learned or eloquent person; in NT specifically denotes rhetorical skill and verbal facility rather than deep wisdom.
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How does the BSB render G3052?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include an eloquent (1).
Where does λόγιος (lógios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 18:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (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 Itan eloquent1×Acts 18:24
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First aligned rowActs 18:24
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
λόγιος1xlogiosActs 18:24
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 18:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Learned or eloquent person; in NT specifically denotes rhetorical skill and verbal facility rather than deep wisdom.
Strong'sG3052
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study linkActs 18:24-28Source Gloss
learned
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Learned or eloquent person; in NT specifically denotes rhetorical skill and verbal facility rather than deep wisdom.
(λόγος),
1in cl., learned (Ac, l.with, R, txt.).
2In late Gk., eloquent: Act.18:24 (see Page, in l; Field, Notes, 129).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 18:24Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
λόγιος,logiov
eloquent
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineActs 18:241×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
Learned or skilled in speech.
Word Origins
λόγιος is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Describes Apollos’ intellectual and rhetorical capacity.Acts 18:24-28