ΓΛΩΣΣΑΝ, γλωσσαν
GLŌSSAN, glōssan
Sounds Like: GLOHS-san
Translations: tongue, a tongue, language, a language, speech, a speech, nation, a nation
From the root: ΓΛΩΣΣΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the anatomical organ of the tongue, but it can also refer to language or speech, as in a specific dialect or the act of speaking. In some contexts, it can even refer to a people group or nation, especially when referring to their distinct language. It is used in sentences to describe the physical tongue, the act of speaking, or a group of people defined by their shared language.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1100 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 23:24
- Psalms — 9:28, 11:4, 11:5, 33:14, 51:6, 65:17, 80:6, 119:3, 139:4
- Proverbs — 12:19, 21:23, 25:23
- Song of Solomon — 4:11
- Job — 20:12
- Sirach — 0:22, 17:6, 28:18, 51:22
- Isaiah — 50:4, 57:4
- Jeremiah — 9:2
- Luke — 16:24
- 1 Corinthians — 14:26
- James — 1:26, 3:8
- 1 Peter — 3:10
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:25
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 10:5, 11:7
- Joshua — 7:21
- 2 Maccabees — 3:26, 7:10, 15:33
- Psalms — 9:28, 11:4, 11:5, 33:14, 51:6, 65:17, 80:6, 119:3, 139:4
- Psalms of Solomon — 16:10
- Proverbs — 12:19, 21:23, 25:23
- Song of Solomon — 4:11
- Job — 20:12
- Sirach — 0:14, 17:6, 28:18, 51:22
- Isaiah — 50:4, 57:4
- Jeremiah — 9:3
- Ezekiel — 3:26
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:4
- Zephaniah — 3:9
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 4 — 1:9
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
- ΓΛΩΣΣΑΙ — tongues, languages, dialects
- ΓΛΩΣΣΑΙΣ — tongues, languages, (with fire) flames, (to) tongues, (to) languages, (to) flames
- 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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