Strong G1100γλῶσσα
tongue
- Transliteration
- glōssa
- Pronunciation
- gloce'-sah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication a language (specifically one naturally unacquired): - tongue.
Detailed definition
γλῶσσα, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for לָשׁוֹן;]
1. the tongue, as the organ of speech: Mrk.7:33, 35 Luk.1:64 16:24, Act.2:26" (LXX), Rom.3:13 (LXX) 14:11 (LXX), 1Co.14:9, Php.2:11, Jas.1:26 3:5, 6 8, 1Pe.3:10" (LXX), 1Jo.3:18, Rev.16:10; of a tongue-like object, Act.2:3.
2. a tongue, language: Act.2:11; joined with φυλή, λαός, ἔθνος, frequently in pl., Rev.5:9 7:9 10:11 11:9 13:7 14:6 17:15; λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γ., Act.2:4; γ. λαλεῖν καιναῖς, WH, txt. (RV, mg., omit καιναῖς), Mrk.16:17; λαλεῖν γλώσσαις, γλώσσῃ (see ICC, ll. with; DB, iv, 793ff.), Mrk.16:17, WH, txt., R, mg., Act.10:46 19:6, 1Co.12:30 13:1 14:2, 4-6, 13, 18, 23, 27, 39; γλῶσσαι (= λόγοι ἐν γλώσσῃ, 1Co.14:19), 1Co.13:8 14:22; γένη γλωσσῶν, 1Co.12:10, 28; προσεύχεσθαι γλώσσῃ, 1Co.14:14; γλῶσσαν ἔχειν, 1Co.14:26 (Cremer, 163, 679).
† (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for לָשׁוֹן;]
1. the tongue, as the organ of speech: Mrk.7:33, 35 Luk.1:64 16:24, Act.2:26" (LXX), Rom.3:13 (LXX) 14:11 (LXX), 1Co.14:9, Php.2:11, Jas.1:26 3:5, 6 8, 1Pe.3:10" (LXX), 1Jo.3:18, Rev.16:10; of a tongue-like object, Act.2:3.
2. a tongue, language: Act.2:11; joined with φυλή, λαός, ἔθνος, frequently in pl., Rev.5:9 7:9 10:11 11:9 13:7 14:6 17:15; λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γ., Act.2:4; γ. λαλεῖν καιναῖς, WH, txt. (RV, mg., omit καιναῖς), Mrk.16:17; λαλεῖν γλώσσαις, γλώσσῃ (see ICC, ll. with; DB, iv, 793ff.), Mrk.16:17, WH, txt., R, mg., Act.10:46 19:6, 1Co.12:30 13:1 14:2, 4-6, 13, 18, 23, 27, 39; γλῶσσαι (= λόγοι ἐν γλώσσῃ, 1Co.14:19), 1Co.13:8 14:22; γένη γλωσσῶν, 1Co.12:10, 28; προσεύχεσθαι γλώσσῃ, 1Co.14:14; γλῶσσαν ἔχειν, 1Co.14:26 (Cremer, 163, 679).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1100 appears in 47 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tongue47
- in4
- an2
- of1
- with1
First verses
- Mark 7:33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
- Mark 7:35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
- Mark 16:17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
- Luke 1:64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
- Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
- Acts 2:3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
- Acts 2:11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
- Acts 2:26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
- Acts 10:46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
- Acts 19:6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
- Romans 14:11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
- 1 Corinthians 12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
- 1 Corinthians 12:28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
- 1 Corinthians 12:30Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
- 1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
- 1 Corinthians 13:8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
- 1 Corinthians 14:2For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
- 1 Corinthians 14:4He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
γλῶσσα,
Ionic dialect γλάσσα, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.84, +others, “SIG” 1002.7 (Milet.), “Schwyzer” 692 (from Chios))], Attic dialect γλῶττα, ης, ἡ, tongue, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.332, etc.)]
b γ. λάρυγγος, ={γλωττίς}, larynx, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 7.13.)]
2 tongue, as the organ of speech, γλώσσης χάριν through love of talking, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 709, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 266; γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ [prev. author] “Pr.” 331, compare “Eu.” 830; γλώσσης ἀκρατής [prev. author] “Pr.” 884 (Lyric poetry); μεγάλης γ. κόμποι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 128)]; γλώσσῃ δεινός, θρασύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 806, “Aj.” 1142; ἡ γ. ὀμώμοχ᾽ ἡ δὲ φρὴν ἀνώμοτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 612: with Preps., ἀπὸ γλώσσης)] by frankness of speech, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 63; φθέγγεσθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.13 (but ἀπὸ γ. ληίσσεται, opposed to χερσὶ βίῃ)], of fraud opposed to violence, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 322))]; also, by word of mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.14.1; τῷ νῷ θ᾽ ὁμοίως κἀπὸ τῆς γ. λέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 936)]; τὰ γλώσσης ἄπο, i.e. our words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1049)]; ἀπὸ γ. φράσω by heart, opposed to γράμμασιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 122)]; οὐκ ἀπὸ γλώσσης not from mere word of mouth, but after full argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 813)]; μὴ διὰ γλώσσης without using the tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 112; ἐν ὄμμασιν.. δεδορκὼς κοὐ κατὰ γλῶσσαν κλύων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 747:)] —phrases: πᾶσαν γλῶτταν βασάνιζε try every art of tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 547)]; πᾶσαν ἱέναι γλῶσσαν let loose one's whole tongue, speak withoutrestraint, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 596; πολλὴν γ. ἐγχέας μάτην [prev. author] “fragment” 929)]; κακὰ γ. slander, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.283: _plural_, ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις)], i.e. with blasphemies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 962 (Lyric poetry), compare “Aj.” 199 (Lyric poetry): βοῦς, κ ῇς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ, see at {βοῦς, κλείς}.)]
3 of persons, one who is all tongue, speaker, of Pericles, μεγίστη γ. τῶν Ἑλληνίδων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 293, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 629 (assuming variant).)]
4 ἡ γ. τοῦ ταμιείου the advocacy of the fiscus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.29.)]
II language, ἄλλη δ᾽ ἄλλων γ. μεμιγμένη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.175, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.804)]; γλῶσσαν ἱέναι speak a language or dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.57)]; γ. Ἑλληνίδα, Δωρίδα ἱέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.16, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.112, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 406, “Ch.” 564; γλῶσσαν νομίζειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142, 4.183; γλώσσῃ χρῆσθαι [prev. author] 4.109; κατὰ τὴν ἀρχαίαν γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1357b10)]; dialect, ἡ Ἀττικὴ γ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 177; but also Δωρὶς διάλεκτος μία ὑφ᾽ ἥν εἰσι γ. πολλαί 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus cited in Scholia 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus p.320 H.)]
II.2 obsolete or foreign word, which needs explanation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410b12, “Po.” 1457b4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.406f: hence Γλῶσσαι, title of works by Philemon and others.)]
II.3 people speaking a distinct language,[LXX+4th c.BC+ (LXX.Jdt.3.8 (_plural_), interpolated in 4th c.BC(?): Scylax Geographus 15.)]
III anything shaped like the tongue [NT (compare (γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός NT.Act.2.3).)]
III.1 in Music, rced or tongue of a pipe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.229, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 565a24, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.4, etc.)]
III.2 tongue or thong of leather, shoe-latchet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 51, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Socraticus Philosophus 57.)]
III.3 tongue of land, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 121, compare 95.)]
III.4 ingot, γ. χρυσῆ [LXX (LXX.Josh.7.21.)]
III.5 marking on the liver, in divination, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (γλῶσσα)] from γλωχ-y[acaron], compare γλώξ, γλωχί; γλάσσα from *γλᾰχ-y[acaron], weak grade of same root.)
Ionic dialect γλάσσα, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.84, +others, “SIG” 1002.7 (Milet.), “Schwyzer” 692 (from Chios))], Attic dialect γλῶττα, ης, ἡ, tongue, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.332, etc.)]
b γ. λάρυγγος, ={γλωττίς}, larynx, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 7.13.)]
2 tongue, as the organ of speech, γλώσσης χάριν through love of talking, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 709, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 266; γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ [prev. author] “Pr.” 331, compare “Eu.” 830; γλώσσης ἀκρατής [prev. author] “Pr.” 884 (Lyric poetry); μεγάλης γ. κόμποι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 128)]; γλώσσῃ δεινός, θρασύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 806, “Aj.” 1142; ἡ γ. ὀμώμοχ᾽ ἡ δὲ φρὴν ἀνώμοτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 612: with Preps., ἀπὸ γλώσσης)] by frankness of speech, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 63; φθέγγεσθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.13 (but ἀπὸ γ. ληίσσεται, opposed to χερσὶ βίῃ)], of fraud opposed to violence, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 322))]; also, by word of mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.14.1; τῷ νῷ θ᾽ ὁμοίως κἀπὸ τῆς γ. λέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 936)]; τὰ γλώσσης ἄπο, i.e. our words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1049)]; ἀπὸ γ. φράσω by heart, opposed to γράμμασιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 122)]; οὐκ ἀπὸ γλώσσης not from mere word of mouth, but after full argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 813)]; μὴ διὰ γλώσσης without using the tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 112; ἐν ὄμμασιν.. δεδορκὼς κοὐ κατὰ γλῶσσαν κλύων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 747:)] —phrases: πᾶσαν γλῶτταν βασάνιζε try every art of tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 547)]; πᾶσαν ἱέναι γλῶσσαν let loose one's whole tongue, speak withoutrestraint, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 596; πολλὴν γ. ἐγχέας μάτην [prev. author] “fragment” 929)]; κακὰ γ. slander, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.283: _plural_, ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις)], i.e. with blasphemies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 962 (Lyric poetry), compare “Aj.” 199 (Lyric poetry): βοῦς, κ ῇς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ, see at {βοῦς, κλείς}.)]
3 of persons, one who is all tongue, speaker, of Pericles, μεγίστη γ. τῶν Ἑλληνίδων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 293, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 629 (assuming variant).)]
4 ἡ γ. τοῦ ταμιείου the advocacy of the fiscus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.29.)]
II language, ἄλλη δ᾽ ἄλλων γ. μεμιγμένη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.175, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.804)]; γλῶσσαν ἱέναι speak a language or dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.57)]; γ. Ἑλληνίδα, Δωρίδα ἱέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.16, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.112, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 406, “Ch.” 564; γλῶσσαν νομίζειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142, 4.183; γλώσσῃ χρῆσθαι [prev. author] 4.109; κατὰ τὴν ἀρχαίαν γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1357b10)]; dialect, ἡ Ἀττικὴ γ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 177; but also Δωρὶς διάλεκτος μία ὑφ᾽ ἥν εἰσι γ. πολλαί 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus cited in Scholia 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus p.320 H.)]
II.2 obsolete or foreign word, which needs explanation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410b12, “Po.” 1457b4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.406f: hence Γλῶσσαι, title of works by Philemon and others.)]
II.3 people speaking a distinct language,[LXX+4th c.BC+ (LXX.Jdt.3.8 (_plural_), interpolated in 4th c.BC(?): Scylax Geographus 15.)]
III anything shaped like the tongue [NT (compare (γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός NT.Act.2.3).)]
III.1 in Music, rced or tongue of a pipe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.229, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 565a24, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.4, etc.)]
III.2 tongue or thong of leather, shoe-latchet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 51, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Socraticus Philosophus 57.)]
III.3 tongue of land, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 121, compare 95.)]
III.4 ingot, γ. χρυσῆ [LXX (LXX.Josh.7.21.)]
III.5 marking on the liver, in divination, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (γλῶσσα)] from γλωχ-y[acaron], compare γλώξ, γλωχί; γλάσσα from *γλᾰχ-y[acaron], weak grade of same root.)