G3049 — λογίζομαι (logizomai)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G3049
Original: λογίζομαι
Transliteration: logizomai
Pronunciation: log-id'-zom-ahee
Part of Speech: Verb (middle/passive deponent)
Root: λόγος (logos) G3056 — word, reason, account
Occurrences: 40 unique verses (49 tokens) across 12 NT books
First Occurrence: Mark 11:31 — "And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

Middle voice from λόγος (logos); to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively): — conclude, (ac-)count, + despise, esteem, impute, lay, number, reason, reckon, suppose, think (on).

Louw-Nida Semantic Domains¶

Domain 30.001: To Think, Thought — cognitive evaluation and reasoning
Domain 31.001: Hold a View, Have an Opinion — forming and maintaining a judgment
Domain 57.020: Keep Records — accounting/bookkeeping metaphor
Domain 29.001: Storing of Information — memory and record-keeping

Voice/Tense Distribution¶

Voice	Count	Notes
Middle/Passive	22	Standard deponent middle — active sense "I reckon/consider"
Passive	14	Divine passive — "it was reckoned/imputed" (theological center)
Middle	4	Deliberate middle — "he reckoned for himself" (Heb 11:19)

Tense	Count	Notes
Present	22	Ongoing state or habitual reckoning
Aorist	16	Punctiliar divine act of crediting
Future	1	Rom 2:26 — eschatological reckoning
Imperfect	1	1 Cor 13:11 — past habitual thinking

Mood	Count
Indicative	24
Imperative	5
Infinitive	4
Participle	4
Subjunctive	2
Optative	1

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
reckon/reckoned	6	15.0%
impute/imputed/imputeth/imputing	8	20.0%
count/counted	5	12.5%
think/thinketh/thinkest	8	20.0%
account/accounted	4	10.0%
suppose	2	5.0%
conclude	1	2.5%
numbered	1	2.5%
reason/reasoned	1	2.5%
Other (esteem, despise, lay, etc.)	4	10.0%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Romans	19	4.4
2 Corinthians	7	2.7
1 Corinthians	3	0.7
Mark	2	0.3
Philippians	2	0.5
Luke	1	0.1
Acts	1	0.1
Galatians	1	0.7
2 Timothy	1	1.2
Hebrews	1	0.3
James	1	0.9
1 Peter	1	1.0

Romans contains 47.5% of all occurrences, with chapter 4 alone accounting for 12 of the 19 Romans uses. This is overwhelmingly a Pauline word (75% Paul), concentrated in the imputation/justification argument.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Divine Imputation — Crediting Righteousness to an Account¶

The theological center of the word. God "reckons" or "imputes" something to a person's account — treating them as possessing what is credited. - Rom 4:3 — "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." - Rom 4:5 — "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." - Rom 4:22 — "And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness." - Gal 3:6 — "Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." - Jas 2:23 — "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness."

2. Divine Non-Imputation — Not Charging Sin to an Account¶

The inverse: God deliberately does not reckon trespasses to the offender's ledger. - Rom 4:8 — "Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." - 2 Cor 5:19 — "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them." - 2 Tim 4:16 — "At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge."

3. Evaluative Reckoning — Forming a Considered Judgment¶

Mental evaluation or deliberate assessment of a situation. - Rom 8:18 — "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed." - Rom 3:28 — "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." - Heb 11:19 — "Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead." - Phil 3:13 — "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended."

4. Regarding/Esteeming — Treating Something as Being in a Category¶

Classifying or categorizing a person or thing. - Rom 8:36 — "We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." - Rom 9:8 — "The children of the promise are counted for the seed." - Mark 15:28 — "He was numbered with the transgressors." - Luke 22:37 — "He was reckoned among the transgressors."

5. General Thinking/Reasoning — Cognitive Processing¶

Basic mental activity: supposing, reasoning, thinking through. - Mark 11:31 — "And they reasoned with themselves." - 1 Cor 13:11 — "When I was a child... I thought as a child." - Phil 4:8 — "Whatsoever things are true... think on these things." - 1 Cor 13:5 — "[Love] thinketh no evil."

6. Imperative Self-Reckoning — Commanded Assessment¶

Believers commanded to reckon/regard themselves in a certain way. - Rom 6:11 — "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God." - 1 Cor 4:1 — "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ." - 2 Cor 10:7 — "If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again."

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
θεός (theos)	G2316	12x (30%)	God as agent of imputation — "God imputed," "believed God"
δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē)	G1343	8x (20%)	"counted/imputed for righteousness" (εἰς δικαιοσύνην)
πιστεύω (pisteuō)	G4100	7x (18%)	"believed God and it was reckoned" — faith as basis
λέγω (legō)	G3004	7x (18%)	"for we say that faith was reckoned" — citing formula
Ἀβραάμ (Abraam)	G11	4x (10%)	Abraham as paradigm case
ἀκροβυστία (akrobystia)	G203	4x (10%)	Uncircumcision — reckoned before/apart from circumcision
περιτομή (peritomē)	G4061	4x (10%)	Circumcision — timing question in Rom 4:10-11
πίστις (pistis)	G4102	4x (10%)	"the righteousness of faith" — the instrument of reckoning
γράφω (graphō)	G1125	4x (10%)	"it is written" — citing Gen 15:6
ἔργον (ergon)	G2041	3x (8%)	"without works" — faith-works contrast

Word Family / Cognates¶

G3056 λόγος (logos) — root word: word, account, reason
G3050 λογικός (logikos) — reasonable, rational (Rom 12:1 "reasonable service")
G3051 λόγιον (logion) — oracle, utterance
G3053 λογισμός (logismos) — reasoning, thought (2 Cor 10:5 "casting down imaginations")
G1677 ἐλλογέω (ellogeō) — to charge to account, reckon (Rom 5:13; Phm 1:18)
G4868 συναίρω (synairō) — to settle accounts (Matt 18:23-24)

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
δοκέω (dokeō)	G1380	"think" (10v)	dokeō = seem, appear, suppose (opinion); logizomai = deliberate reckoning or formal crediting
νομίζω (nomizō)	G3543	"think, suppose" (3v)	nomizō = assume by custom or convention; logizomai = reasoned evaluation or ledger-entry
ἡγέομαι (hēgeomai)	G2233	"count, esteem"	hēgeomai = lead/consider with authority; logizomai = evaluate and credit to an account
ψηφίζω (psēphizō)	G5585	"count"	psēphizō = arithmetical calculation; logizomai = evaluative/theological reckoning

Hebrew Source (via LXX)¶

Hebrew Source	Strong's	Co-occurrences	PMI Score	Notes
חָשַׁב (chashab)	H2803	70	31.41	Primary equivalent — "to think, plan, reckon, impute"
מַחֲשָׁבָה (machashabah)	H4284	11	14.89	Cognate noun — "thought, plan, device"
רַע (ra')	H7451	18	9.03	"evil" — as object: "thinketh no evil"
יָעַץ (ya'ats)	H3289	5	7.67	"to counsel, advise" — deliberative overlap

The dominant bridge is H2803 חָשַׁב (chashab) with 70 co-occurrences and a PMI score of 31.41 — the strongest single mapping. Gen 15:6 LXX renders chashab with logizomai, establishing the imputation formula that Paul cites extensively in Rom 4 and Gal 3:6.