3051. logion

Strong's Lexicon

logion: Oracle, saying, utterance

Original Word: λόγιον
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: logion
Pronunciation: lo'-gee-on
Phonetic Spelling: (log'-ee-on)
Definition: Oracle, saying, utterance
Meaning: plur: oracles, divine responses or utterances (it can include the entire Old Testament).

Word Origin: Diminutive of λόγος (logos), meaning "word" or "saying."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H5002 (נְאֻם, ne'um): An utterance, declaration, or oracle, often used to denote a divine pronouncement.

- H1697 (דָּבָר, dabar): Word, matter, or thing, frequently used to refer to the word of God.

Usage: In the New Testament, "logion" refers to divine utterances or oracles, often associated with the sacred and authoritative words of God. It conveys the idea of a message or revelation from God, typically through the Scriptures or prophetic declarations.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, oracles were considered divine communications delivered by a deity through a human intermediary. The term "logion" in the biblical context, however, is distinct in that it refers specifically to the authoritative and inspired words of God, as found in the Hebrew Scriptures and the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. The Jewish tradition held the Scriptures in high regard as the very words of God, a belief that carried into early Christianity.

HELPS Word-studies

3051 lógion (from 3056 /lógos) – a divine declaration; a statement originating from God.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
neut. of logios
Definition
a saying, an oracle
NASB Translation
oracles (3), utterances (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3051: λόγιον

λόγιον, λογιου, τό (diminutive of λόγος (so Bleek (on Hebrews 5:12), et al.; others, neuter of λόγιος (Meyer on Romans 3:2))), properly, "a little word (so Schol. ad Aristophanes ran. 969 (973)), a brief utterance, in secular authors a divine oracle" (doubtless because oracles were generally brief); Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Euripides; Polybius 3, 112, 8; 8, 30, 6; Diodorus 2, 14; Aelian v. h. 2, 41; of the Sibylline oracles, Diodorus, p. 602 (from 50:34); Plutarch, Fab. 4; in the Sept. for חֹשֶׁן the breast-plate of the high priest, which he wore when he consulted Jehovah, Exodus 28:15; Exodus 29:5, etc.; (once for אֹמֶר, of the words of a man, Psalm 18:15 ()); but chiefly for אִמְרָה of any utterance of God, whether precept or promise; (cf. Philo de congr. erud. grat. § 24; de profug. § 11 under the end); of the prophecies of God in the O. T., Josephus, b. j. 6, 5, 4; νόμους καί λόγια θεσπισθεντα διά προφητῶν καί ὕμνους, Philo vit. contempl. § 3; τό λόγιον τοῦ προφήτου (Moses), vit. Moys. 3:35, cf. (23, and) de praem. et poen. § 1 at the beginning; τά δέκα λόγια, the Ten Commandments of God or the Decalogue, in Philo, who wrote a special treatise concerning them (Works edition Mang. ii., p. 180ff (edited by Richter iv., p. 246ff)); (Apostolic Constitutions 2, 36 (p. 63, 7 edition Lagarde)); Eusebius, h. e. 2, 18. In the N. T. spoken of the words or utterances of God: of the contents of the Mosaic law, Acts 7:38; with τοῦ Θεοῦ or Θεοῦ added, of his commands in the Mosaic law and his Messianic promises, Romans 3:2, cf. Philippi and Umbreit at the passage; of the substance of the Christian religion, Hebrews 5:12; of the utterances of God through Christian teachers, 1 Peter 4:11. (In ecclesiastical writings λόγια τοῦ κυρίου is used of Christ's precepts, by Polycarp, ad Philipp. 7, 1 [ET]; κυριακα λόγια of the sayings and discourses of Christ which are recorded in the Gospels, by Papias in Eusebius, h. e. 3, 39; Photius c. 228, p. 248 (18 edition, Bekker); (τά λόγια τοῦ Θεοῦ) of the words and admonitions of God in the sacred Scriptures, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 53, 1 [ET] (where parallel with αἱ ἱεραι γραφαί), cf. 62, 9 [ET]; (and τά λόγια simply, like αἱ γραφαί of the New T. in the interpolated Epistle of Ignatius ad Smyrn. 3 [ET]). Cf. Schwegler ((also Heinichen)), Index 4 ad Eusebius, h. e. under the word λόγιον; (especially Sophocles Lexicon, under the word and Lightfoot in the Contemp. Rev. for Aug. 1875, p. 399ff On the general use of the word cf. Bleek, Br. a. d. Hebrew iii., pp. 114-117).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

oracle.

Neuter of logios; an utterance (of God) -- oracle.

see GREEK logios

Forms and Transliterations

λογείον λόγείον λογείου λογια λόγια λόγιά λόγιον λόγιόν λογιων λογίων logia lógia logion logiōn logíon logíōn

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 7:38 N-ANP
GRK: ὃς ἐδέξατο λόγια ζῶντα δοῦναι
NAS: living oracles to pass
KJV: the lively oracles to give
INT: who received oracles living to give

Romans 3:2 N-ANP
GRK: ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ
NAS: that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
KJV: unto them were committed the oracles of God.
INT: they were entrusted with the oracles of God

Hebrews 5:12 N-GNP
GRK: ἀρχῆς τῶν λογίων τοῦ θεοῦ
NAS: principles of the oracles of God,
KJV: principles of the oracles of God;
INT: beginning of the oracles of God

1 Peter 4:11 N-ANP
GRK: λαλεῖ ὡς λόγια θεοῦ εἴ
NAS: who is speaking the utterances of God;
KJV: [let him speak] as the oracles of God;
INT: speaks as oracles of God if

Strong's Greek 3051
4 Occurrences

λόγια — 3 Occ.
λογίων — 1 Occ.