Logion means “oracle” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3051 — yahab (“give”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3051 λόγιον (logion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. logion (log'-ee-on) n. 1. an utterance (of God) [neuter of G3052] It has 37 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include god. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
logion (log'-ee-on) n. 1. an utterance (of God) [neuter of G3052] KJV: oracle Root(s): G3052
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oracles
Usage: λόγιον, -ου, τό (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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render logion, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3051 (λόγιον) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
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:
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
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.
32 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
He says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, Who saw a vision of God in sleep; His eyes were opened:
Hearing the oracles of God, Receiving knowledge from the Most High, And having seen a vision of God in sleep; His eyes were opened.
Who says to his father and mother, I have not seen thee; And he knew not his brethren, And he refused to know his sons: He kept thine oracles, And observed thy covenant.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; And were quickly saved, That not falling into deep forgetfulness, They might be continually mindful of thy goodness.
First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3051.
He says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, Who saw a vision of God in sleep; His eyes were opened:
Hearing the oracles of God, Receiving knowledge from the Most High, And having seen a vision of God in sleep; His eyes were opened.
Who says to his father and mother, I have not seen thee; And he knew not his brethren, And he refused to know his sons: He kept thine oracles, And observed thy covenant.
The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; As silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.
As for my God, his way is perfect: The oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; He is a protector of all them that hope in him.
So shall the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be pleasing continually before thee, O Lord my helper, and my redeemer.
Until the time that his cause came on; The word of the Lord tried him as fire.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, And provoked the counsel of the Most High.
I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, That he may fear thee.
And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
This has comforted me in mine affliction: For thine oracle has quickened me.
I besought thy favor with my whole heart: Have mercy upon me according to thy word.
Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; Therefore have I kept thy word.
Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, According to thy word to thy servant.
Mine eyes failed in waiting for thy word, Saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! More so than honey to my mouth!
Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; And make me not ashamed of my expectation.
Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, And for the word of thy righteousness.
Order my steps according to thy word: And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Thy word has been very fully tried; And thy servant loves it.
Mine eyes prevented the dawn, That I might meditate on thine oracles.
I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; For they kept not thine oracles.
I will exult because of thine oracles, As one that finds much spoil.
Let my supplication come near before thee, O Lord; Instruct me according to thine oracle.
Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; Deliver me according to thine oracle.
Let my tongue utter thine oracles; For all thy commandments are righteous.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks to thy name, On account of thy mercy and thy truth; For thou hast magnified thy holy name above everything.
He sends his oracle to the earth: His word will run swiftly.
Therefore as stubble shall be burned by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore the oracle of God shall be to them affliction on affliction, hope on hope, yet a little, and yet a little, that they may go and fall backward; and they shall be crushed and shall be in danger, and shall be taken.
Behold, the name of the Lord comes after a long time, burning wrath: the word of his lips is with glory, a word full of anger, and the anger of his wrath shall devour as fire.
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:
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
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.
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.
For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; And were quickly saved, That not falling into deep forgetfulness, They might be continually mindful of thy goodness.
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Logion (Strong's G3051) is a Greek word most simply glossed "oracle". logion (log'-ee-on) n. 1. an utterance (of God) [neuter of G3052]
This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's G3051 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3051 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as god. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 32 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3051, with linked reader references where each row is available.