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ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ, γλωσσας

GLŌSSAS, glōssas

Sounds Like: GLOHS-sas

Translations: tongues, languages, nations

From the root: ΓΛΩΣΣΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a tongue, either the anatomical organ or, more commonly, a language or dialect. It can also refer to a people group or nation that speaks a particular language. In some contexts, it can refer to ecstatic speech or 'speaking in tongues'.

Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1100 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 130:3
Pseudo Clement of Rome
  • Clement’s Second Letter — 17:4
Pseudo-Baruch
  • The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 3:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
  • ΓΛΩΣΣΑΝ — tongue, a tongue, language, a language, speech, a speech, nation, a nation
  • 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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