γλῶσσα
glōssa
“the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)”
50 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
the tongue, Mk. 7:33, 35, et al.; meton. speech, talk, 1 Jn. 3:18; a tongue, language, Acts 2:11; 1 Cor. 13:1, et al.; meton. a language not proper to a speaker, a gift or faculty of such language, Mk. 16:17; 1 Cor. 14:13, 14, 26, et al.; from Hebrew, a nation, as defined by its language, Rev. 5:9, et al.; lit. a tongue-shaped flail, Acts 2:3
Translated in KJV as
tongue
Etymology
of uncertain affinity;
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