λόγιον, λογιου, τό (diminutive of λόγος (so Bleek (on Hebrews 5:12), et al.; others, neuter of λόγιος (Meyer on Romans 3:2))), properly, "a little word (so Schol. ad Aristophanes ran. 969 (973)), a brief utterance, in secular authors a divine oracle" (doubtless because oracles were generally brief); Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Euripides; Polybius 3, 112, 8; 8, 30, 6; Diodorus 2, 14; Aelian v. h. 2, 41; of the Sibylline oracles, Diodorus, p. 602 (from 50:34); Plutarch, Fab. 4; in the Sept. for חֹשֶׁןthe breast-plate of the high priest, which he wore when he consulted Jehovah, Exodus 28:15; Exodus 29:5, etc.; (once for אֹמֶר, of the words of a man, Psalm 18:15 ()); but chiefly for אִמְרָה of any utterance of God, whether precept or promise; (cf. Philo de congr. erud. grat. § 24; de profug. § 11 under the end); of the prophecies of God in the O. T., Josephus, b. j. 6, 5, 4; νόμουςκαίλόγιαθεσπισθενταδιάπροφητῶνκαίὕμνους, Philo vit. contempl. § 3; τόλόγιοντοῦπροφήτου (Moses), vit. Moys. 3:35, cf. (23, and) de praem. et poen. § 1 at the beginning; τάδέκαλόγια, the Ten Commandments of God or the Decalogue, in Philo, who wrote a special treatise concerning them (Works edition Mang. ii., p. 180ff (edited by Richter iv., p. 246ff)); (Apostolic Constitutions 2, 36 (p. 63, 7 edition Lagarde)); Eusebius, h. e. 2, 18. In the N. T. spoken of the words or utterances of God: of the contents of the Mosaic law, Acts 7:38; with τοῦΘεοῦ or Θεοῦ added, of his commands in the Mosaic law and his Messianic promises, Romans 3:2, cf. Philippi and Umbreit at the passage; of the substance of the Christian religion, Hebrews 5:12; of the utterances of God through Christian teachers, 1 Peter 4:11. (In ecclesiastical writings λόγιατοῦκυρίου is used of Christ's precepts, by Polycarp, ad Philipp. 7, 1 [ET]; κυριακαλόγια of the sayings and discourses of Christ which are recorded in the Gospels, by Papias in Eusebius, h. e. 3, 39; Photius c. 228, p. 248 (18 edition, Bekker); (τάλόγιατοῦΘεοῦ) of the words and admonitions of God in the sacred Scriptures, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 53, 1 [ET] (where parallel with αἱἱεραιγραφαί), cf. 62, 9 [ET]; (and τάλόγια simply, like αἱγραφαί of the New T. in the interpolated Epistle of Ignatius ad Smyrn. 3 [ET]). Cf. Schwegler ((also Heinichen)), Index 4 ad Eusebius, h. e. under the word λόγιον; (especially Sophocles Lexicon, under the word and Lightfoot in the Contemp. Rev. for Aug. 1875, p. 399ff On the general use of the word cf. Bleek, Br. a. d. Hebrew iii., pp. 114-117).)
Acts 7:38 - N-ANP GRK:ὃς ἐδέξατο λόγια ζῶντα δοῦναι NAS: living oracles to pass KJV: the lively oracles to give INT: who received oracles living to give
Romans 3:2 - N-ANP GRK:ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ NAS: that they were entrusted with the oracles of God. KJV: unto them were committed the oracles of God. INT: they were entrusted with the oracles of God
Hebrews 5:12 - N-GNP GRK:ἀρχῆς τῶν λογίων τοῦ θεοῦ NAS: principles of the oracles of God, KJV: principles of the oracles of God; INT: beginning of the oracles of God
1 Peter 4:11 - N-ANP GRK:λαλεῖ ὡς λόγια θεοῦ εἴ NAS: who is speaking the utterances of God; KJV: [let him speak] as the oracles of God; INT: speaks as oracles of God if