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Strong's G1100 · Greek

γλῶσσα

glossa · gloce-sah'

of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

γλῶσσα (G1100)

50 γλῶσσα , -ης, ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for לָשׁוֹן ;] the tongue , as the organ of speech: Mk 7:33 , 35 Lk 1:64 16:24 , Ac 2:26 (LXX) , Ro 3:13 (LXX) 14:11 (LXX) , I Co 14:9 , Phl 2:11 , Ja 1:26 3:5 , 6 , 8 , I Pe 3:10 (LXX) , I Jo 3:18 , Re 16:10 ; of a tongue-like object, Ac 2:3 . a tongue, language : Ac 2:11 ; joined with φυλή, λαός, ἔθνος , freq. in pl., Re 5:9 7:9 10:11 11:9 13:7 14:6 17:15 ; λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γ. , Ac 2:4 ; γ. λαλεῖν καιναῖς , WH, txt. (RV, mg., omit καιναῖς ), Mk 16:17 ; λαλεῖν γλώσσαις, γλώσσῃ (v. ICC , ll. c.; DB , iv, 793ff.), Mk 16:17 , WH, txt., R, mg., Ac 10:46 19:6 , I Co 12:30 13:1 14:2 , 4-6 , 13 , 18 , 23 , 27 , 39 ; γλῶσσαι (= λόγοι ἐν γλώσσῃ , I Co 14:19 ), I Co 13:8 14:22 ; γένη γλωσσῶν , I Co 12:10 , 28 ; προσεύχεσθαι γλώσσῃ , I Co 14:14 ; γλῶσσαν ἔχειν , I Co 14:26 (Cremer, 163, 679).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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