λογισμός
logismós · G3053 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to think about, to reason about, to ponder, reasoning
To think about something in a detailed and logical manner
ExamplesRomans 2:15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
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false reasoning, false arguments
Fallacious and deceptive reasoning and, by implication, based on evil intentions
Examples2 Corinthians 10:5 We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κατηγορέωto accuse 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καθαιρέωto take down, to bring down, to destroy 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh · H4284 · plan, plot, scheme
- מַחֲשָׁבָה (machăshâbâh, H4284) encompasses the broader semantic field of thought, planning, and mental scheming, while λογισμός (logismós, G3053) specifically denotes reasoned calculation or argumentative reasoning, particularly in the context of human reasoning set against divine truth (2 Cor 10:5) or internal moral deliberation.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- False reasoning, false arguments30.11
- λογισμός can denote a reasoning or argument set up in opposition to true knowledge, pictured as a fortress to be torn down. 2 Corinthians 10:4 states, “for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses,” the λογισμοὺς naming these false arguments under this military image.
- To think about, to reason about, to ponder, reasoning30.9
- λογισμός also names the ordinary process of inward reasoning or moral deliberation. Romans 2:15 describes the conscience of Gentiles apart from the law, whose “thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,” the λογισμῶν naming this internal reasoning.
Word family 39 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon λογισμοῦ, ὁ (λογίζομαι)); 1. a reckoning, computation. 2. a reasoning: such as is hostile…
1. a reckoning, computation.
2. a reasoning: such as is hostile to the Christian faith, 2 Cor 10:4(5) (A. V. imaginations).
3. a judgment, decision: such as conscience passes, Rom 2:15 (A. V. thoughts). (Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, others; the Sept. for מַחֵשָׁבָה, as Prov 6:18; Jer 11:19; Ps 32:10.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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