ΓΛΩΣΣΑʼ, γλωσσαʼ
GLŌSSAʼ, glōssaʼ
Sounds Like: glohs-SAH
Translations: tongue, language, speech, a language, a tongue, a speech, (the number) 3000
From the root: ΓΛΩΣΣΑ
Part of Speech: Noun, Numeral
Explanation: This word primarily refers to the physical organ of the tongue. By extension, it can mean a language or dialect spoken by a particular people, or the act of speaking itself. In some contexts, it can refer to 'speaking in tongues' as a spiritual gift. The trailing apostrophe (keraia) indicates that the word is being used as a numeral, specifically representing the number 3000.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine (when referring to the noun); Does not inflect (when used as a numeral)
Strong’s number: G1100 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Zechariah — 14:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΛΩΣΣΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΛΩΣΑΣΑ — tongue, a tongue, language, a language
- ΓΛΩΣΣΑ — tongue, a tongue, language, a language, speech, a speech
- ΓΛΩΣΣΑΙ — tongues, languages, dialects
- ΓΛΩΣΣΑΙΣ — tongues, languages, (with fire) flames, (to) tongues, (to) languages, (to) flames
- ΓΛΩΣΣΑΝ — tongue, a tongue, language, a language, speech, a speech, nation, a nation
- ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ — tongues, languages, nations
- ΓΛΩΣΣΕ — tongues, languages, speeches, to a tongue, to a language, to a speech, to tongues, to languages, to speeches
- ΓΛΩΣΣΕΙ — (to) tongue, (to) language, (to) speech, (to) dialect
- ΓΛΩΣΣΗ — tongue, a tongue, language, a language, speech, a speech
- ΓΛΩΣΣΗΣ — (of) a tongue, (of) a language, (of) a nation
- ΓΛΩΣΣΙΗ — tongue, a tongue, language, a language, speech, a speech, nation, a nation
- ΓΛΩΣΣΩΔΗΣ — talkative, garrulous, verbose, wordy
- ΓΛΩΣΣΩΝ — of tongues, of languages, of speech, of words
- ΓΛΩΤΤΑΝ — tongue, a tongue, language, a language
- ΓΛΩΤΤΗ — (to) tongue, (to) a tongue, (to) language, (to) a language
- ΓΛΩΤΤΗΣ — of tongue, of language, of a tongue, of a language
- ΠΡΟΓΛΩΣΣΟΣ — talkative, garrulous, loquacious, prating
- ΣΣΑΣ — tongues, languages, a tongue, a language
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