G3051: λόγιον
lógion · “oracles”
Definition
an utterance (of God)
KJV translates it as: oracle
Word origin: neuter of G3052 (λόγιος);
Extended definition
(dimin. of λόγος, see ICC, Ro., 70), [in LXX chiefly for אִמְרָה, אֵמֶר, Psa.18:30 19:14, al.; also for דָּבָר, Isa.28:13, al.; (cf. λογεῖον (-ιον) for חֹשֶׁן the oracular breastplate of the H.P., Exo.28:15, al.) ;]
an oracle: Act.7:38, Rom.3:2, Heb.5:12, 1Pe.4:11 (on the eccl., λόγια τ. Κυρίου, see Lft., Essay on Sup. Rel., 172 ff.).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3051 is translated
- oracles ×4
Bible verses with G3051 (lógion)
Lógion appears in 4 verses.
- Acts 7:38
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
- Romans 3:2
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
- Hebrews 5:12
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
- 1 Peter 4:11
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.