G1161

de

deh

Conjunction

a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

G1223

dia

dee-ah'

Preposition

a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, × though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.

G2031

epos

ep'-os

Noun Neuter

from G2036; a word:--X say.

G2036

epo

ep'-o

a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from G2046, G4483, and G5346); to speak or say (by word or writing):--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare G3004.

G2046

ereo

er-eh'-o

Verb

probably a fuller form of G4483; an alternate for G2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say:--call, say, speak (of), tell.

G2980

laleo

lal-eh'-o

Verb

a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter words:--preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare G3004.

G3004

lego

leg'-o

Verb

a primary verb; properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean:--ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.

G3056

logos

log'-os

Noun Masculine

from G3004; 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):--account, cause, communication, × concerning, doctrine, fame, × have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, × speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.

1. of speech
   1. a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea
   2. what someone has said
      1. a word
      2. the sayings of God
      3. decree, mandate or order
      4. of the moral precepts given by God
      5. Old Testament prophecy given by the prophets
      6. what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim
   3. discourse
      1. the act of speaking, speech
      2. the faculty of speech, skill and practice in speaking
      3. a kind or style of speaking
      4. a continuous speaking discourse - instruction
   4. doctrine, teaching
   5. anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative
   6. matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law
   7. the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed
2. its use as respect to the MIND alone
   1. reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating
   2. account, i.e. regard, consideration
   3. account, i.e. reckoning, score
   4. account, i.e. answer or explanation in reference to judgment
   5. relation, i.e. with whom as judge we stand in relation
      1. reason would
   6. reason, cause, ground
3. In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds.

A Greek philosopher named Heraclitus first used the term Logos around600 B.C. to designate the divine reason or plan which coordinates achanging universe. This word was well suited to John's purpose inJohn 1.

G3361

me

may

a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), × forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also G3362, G3363, G3364, G3372, G3373, G3375, G3378.

G3603

ho

ho es-tee'

Verb

from the neuter of G3739 and the third person singular present indicative of G1510; which is:--called, which is (make), that is (to say).

G3754

hoti

hot'-ee

Conjunction

neuter of G3748 as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.

G5123

toutesti

toot-es'-tee

Conjunction

contraction for G5124 and G2076; that is:--that is (to say).

G5335

phasko

fas'-ko

Verb

prolongation from the same as G5346; to assert:--affirm, profess, say.

G5346

phemi

fay-mee'

Verb

properly, the same as the base of G5457 and G5316; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say:--affirm, say. Compare G3004.