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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 · KJV
Before it was English, it was Greek. The word in gold is λόγος, logos, the one John chose, three times, for Word.
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λόγος
logos · the word John chose for Word
Strong's G3056from G3004 (λέγω)
Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ).
Strong's Greek Dictionary (CC0).
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