Speech
[ 1,,
G3056,
logos ]
akin to lego (SPEAK, No. 1), most frequently rendered word" (for an analysis See
WORD), signifies "speech," as follows:
(a) "discourse," e.g.,
Luke 20:20, RV, "speech" (AV, "words");
Acts 14:12 (See
SPEAKER);
Acts 20:7;
1 Corinthians 2:1,
1 Corinthians 2:4;
1 Corinthians 4:19, AV (RV, "word");
2 Corinthians 10:10;
(b) "the faculty of speech," e.g.,
2 Corinthians 11:6;
(c) "the manner of speech," e.g.,
Matthew 5:37, RV, "speech" (AV, "communication");
Colossians 4:6;
(d) "manner of instruction,"
Titus 2:8;
1 Corinthians 14:9, RV (AV, "words");
Ephesians 4:29, RV (AV, "communication"). See
SAYING.
[ 2,,
G2981,
lalia ]
akin to laleo (SPEAK, No. 2), denotes "talk, speech,"
(a) of "a dialect,"
Matthew 26:73;
Mark 14:70;
(b) "utterances,"
John 4:42, RV, "speaking" (AV, "saying");
John 8:43.
[ 3,,
G2129,
eulogia ]
has the meaning "fair speaking, flattering speech" in
Romans 16:18, RV, "fair speech" (AV, "fair speeches"). See
BLESSING, C, No. 1.
[ 4,,
G5542,
chrestologia ]
which has a similar meaning to No. 3, occurs with it in
Romans 16:18 [RV, "smooth ... (speech)"]. See
SMOOTH, Note.
Notes:
(1) For "persuasiveness of speech,"
Colossians 2:4, RV, See
PERSUASIVE, B.
(2) In
Acts 14:11 "the speech of Lycaonia" translates the adverb Lukaonisti. Lycaonia was a large country in the center and south of the plateau of Asia Minor; the villages retained the native language, but cities like Lystra probably had a Seleucid tone in their laws and customs (Ramsay on Galatians).
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words