Topic
Word, The
9 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 33:6Easton
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- Psalms 107:20Easton
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- Psalms 119:89Easton
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
- Psalms 147:18Easton
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- Isaiah 40:8Easton
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- John 1:1–14Easton
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.…
- John 1:18Easton
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- 1 John 1:1Easton
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
- Revelation 19:13Easton
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 9 references
(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 19:13). As such, Christ is the revealer of God. His office is to make God known. “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” (John 1:18). This title designates the divine nature of Christ. As the Word, he “was in the beginning” and “became flesh.” “The Word was with God ” and “was God,” and was the Creator of all things (comp. Ps.33: 6; 107:20; 119:89; 147:18; Isa. 40:8).
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.