Interesting discussion about the meaning of "word" logos found in the Strongs concordance:
In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds.
Note: A Greek philosopher named Heraclitus first used the term Logos around 600 B.C. to designate the divine reason or plan which coordinates a changing universe.
And John's Gospel is the Hellezination of a Jewish sect. It was actually a Greek-speaking Alexandrian Jew, Philo (circa mid 1st century AD), who began using this Greek pagan concept, until then alien to Judaism. Philo;s influence on Christianity was immense. Eusebius (3rd century AD), the first church historian, refers to Philo as "St. Philo"!
By adopting the Greek pagan concepts, such as the logos (who resembles the demiugre, the creator of the world, but not God), Christianity becomes Platonized and more acceptable and understanble to the Greeks. After that, neo-Platonism defines the sect for some time to come.
Aristotelianism finally influences western Christianity, and is best manifested in Aquinas' work. Very few Christians realize how Hellenized Christianity became and how alien to its Judaic roots.