Word study · Greek

logizomai

to reckon, to count, to credit

Say it: log-ID-zom-eye (approximate)

λογίζομαι

What it means

A bookkeeping word: to count, calculate, or credit to an account. Paul uses it about eleven times in Romans 3 and 4: Abraham's faith "was accounted to him for righteousness" (4:3), and "the Lord will not count" sin against the one he forgives (4:8). It is the word used in Genesis 15:6 in the Greek Old Testament.

Range of meaning

  • ReckonCalculate.
  • CreditAdd to an account.
  • ConsiderThink of as.

In Romans

  • Chapter 3

    "We maintain therefore" (reckon, count) that a man is justified by faith (3:28).

  • Chapter 4

    "It was accounted to him for righteousness" (4:3-11, 4:22-24).