ΓΛΩΤΤΑΝ, γλωτταν
GLŌTTAN, glōttan
Sounds Like: GLOHS-san
Translations: tongue, a tongue, language, a language
From the root: ΓΛΩΣΣΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the anatomical organ, the tongue, but can also refer to a language or dialect. It is used to describe the act of speaking or the specific language being spoken. In the provided context, it is used in the sense of the physical tongue being cut out, or a tongue that sings hymns.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1100 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 10:17
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 1:34, 1:50, 19:284, 19:305, 20:333
- Book 3 — 6:134, 6:144, 7:163
- Book 4 — 4:73
- Book 5 — 9:323
- Book 6 — 2:22, 13:302
- Book 7 — 1:10, 3:67
- Book 8 — 3:95, 5:142, 6:156
- Book 9 — 14:283, 14:290
- Book 10 — 10:218, 11:244
- Book 11 — 8:329
- Book 12 — 2:14
- Book 20 — 3:71
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- 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
- 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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