Lexicon
λόγιον
logion
G3051
G:N-N Greek

oracles

4
Occurrences
4
Books
Greek
Language

logion refers to words received and passed on, entrusted, taught as foundational instruction, and spoken as God's words.

The attested use presents these plural nouns as communications received for passing on, entrusted to a people, taught as beginning instruction, and spoken as God's words.

Senses in use

  1. Words received, entrusted, taught, and spoken · dominant

    In Acts 7:38, the accusative plural names what was received as “living oracles” for giving onward. In Romans 3:2, the same form occurs with being entrusted; in Hebrews 5:12, the genitive plural occurs in the “principles of the beginning” that require teaching; and in 1 Peter 4:11, the accusative plural occurs in instruction for a speaker to speak “oracles of God.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “oracles” in all four verses: received and given onward, entrusted, taught as beginning principles, and spoken as “oracles of God.” These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate every contribution of the Greek noun.

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