adjective
logikas
Strong’sG3050
reasonable, rational, metaphorical
stem logik-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* λογικός, -ή, -όν
(< λόγος, reason),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3050 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlog-ik-os'
rational ("logical")
Fromfrom G3056;
King Jamesreasonable, of the word.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(λόγος) of or for speaking or speech, μέρη λ. the organs of speech, Refs 1st c.AD+, speech, opposed to μουσική, Refs 1st c.BC+expressed in speech, Refs
2 of or in eloquence, ἀγῶνες Refs 2nd c.BC+
3 suited for prose, ὁ ἡρῷος σεμνὸς καὶ οὐ λ. Refs 4th c.BC+; of persons, writing in prose, Refs 3rd c.AD+in prose, Refs
II possessed of reason, intellectual, μέρος Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀρεταὶ λ., ={διανοητικαί}, opposed to ἠθικαί, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 dialectical, argumentative, οἱ λ. διάλογοι of Plato, such as the Theaetetus and Cratylus, Refs 4th c.BC+ usually like{διαλεκτικός, λ. συλλογισμός} Refsmore abstract, Metaphorical Refs; λ. δυσχέρειαιRefs; but also, logical, λ. συλλογισμοί, opposed to ῥητορικοί, Refs. adverb - κῶς dialectically, Metaphorical Refs: comparative -ώτερον Refs
II.2.b substantive, ἡ λογική (i.e. τέχνη) logic, Refs 1st c.BC+; περὶ λογικῶν title of work, Refs 3rd c.AD+; τὸ λ., opposed to τὸ φυσικόν, τὸ ἠθικόν, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 of the 'dogmatic' school of physicians, ἡ λ. αἵρεσις Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | logikos | logikas | logikem1×λογικὸν | logikois | logikais | logikeim |
| object accusative | logikon | logikan1×λογικὴν | logikoin | logikain | ||
| direct address vocative | logikor | logikar | logikoir | logikair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | logikou | logikau | logikeu | logikoiu | logikaiu | logikeiu |
| to, for dative | logiko | logika | logike | logikoi | logikai | logikei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
logik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
logikan“spiritual”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 12:1… zōarōntan hagian euarestan to theo, tan logikan latreian vu;… pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
logikem“spiritual”subject or objectdirect singular1×
1 Peter 2:2hōs artigennēteim brefeim tem logikem adolem galaktem epipothavar, hina en aute …Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you …