I read about it once. Christians use the word in a very different meaning than those two.
I would say that Christians use it nearly identical to pythagoras. And i might say the nebulous nature of the reference in the bible is not refering to the intellect at all. In this regard is the intellect or the soul older? Does the intellect give rise to the soul?
A cut from wiki.
Pythagoreanism says that the
nous is an intelligent principle of the world acting with a specific
intention. This is the divine reason regarded in
Neoplatonism as the first
emanation of the divine.
[1] From the
nousemerges the
world soul, which gives rise to the manifest realm. Pythagoreanism goes on to say the
Godhead is the Father, Mother, and Son (Zeus). In the mind of Zeus, the
ideas are distinctly articulated and become the
Logosby which he creates the world. These ideas become active in the Mind (
nous) of Zeus. With him is the Power and from him is the
nous.
In Heraclitus we have a rather radically different understanding of the logos in his comment "the logos is common but everyone seems to have their own private understanding".
In christianity the reference to the logos is "in the beginning was the logos, the logos was god,the logos is god, he was with god in the begining".
Is that aligned to heraclitus or pythagoras?
Your understanding of philosophy is rarer. I was surprised when you alluded to the soul. Thats not common......
Btw i enjoy this dialog if i dont answer i probably am asleep. I hace a chain saw i have to run tomorrow. Arrrgh.