ΓΛΩΣΣΑΙ, γλωσσαι
GLŌSSAI, glōssai
Sounds Like: glohs-SAI
Translations: tongues, languages, dialects
From the root: ΓΛΩΣΣΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the physical organ of the tongue, but more commonly in Koine Greek, it refers to a language or dialect spoken by a group of people. It can also be used metaphorically, such as 'tongues of fire' or 'speaking in tongues'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G1100 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 3:8
- Psalms — 63:9
- Proverbs — 12:18
- Isaiah — 29:24
- Acts of the Apostles — 2:3
- 1 Corinthians — 13:8, 14:22
- Revelation — 17:15
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judith — 3:8
- Psalms — 63:9
- Proverbs — 12:18
- Isaiah — 3:8, 29:24, 32:4
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:4, 3:7, 5:19, 7:14
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:4, 3:7, 3:96
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΓΛΩΣΣΑʼ — tongue, language, speech, a language, a tongue, a speech, (the number) 3000
- 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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