λόγος (logos)
λόγος (logos) (Greek Lexicon • G3056 • a word, a saying, statement): a word, a saying, statement. Primary meaning: a word, a saying, statement, declaration. Strong's: something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John ) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ ). Lexical nuances: Of that by which the inward thought is expressed, Lat. oratio , sermo , vox , verbum . a word , not in the grammatical sense of a mere name ( ἔπος , ὄνομα , ῥῆμα ), but a word as embodying a conception or idea: Mt 8:8 , Lk 7:7 , I Co 14:9 , 19 , He 12:19 , al. a saying , statement , declaration : Mt 19:22 (T om.), Mk 5:36 7:29 , Lk 1:29 , Jo 2:22 6:60 , Ac 7:29 , al.; c. gen. attrib., Ac 13:15 ... It is closely linked with Papyrus 66 (Bodmer II) — Gospel of John 1:1–14 (IMAGE • manuscripts): Magnificent early 3rd-century papyrus witness to the Johannine Prologue and the Incarnation.
