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ΓΛΩΤΤΗ, γλωττη

GLŌTTĒ, glōttē

Sounds Like: GLOH-tay

Translations: (to) tongue, (to) a tongue, (to) language, (to) a language

From the root: ΓΛΩΣΣΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the tongue, the organ of speech, or by extension, to language itself. It is used to describe the physical tongue, but also the act of speaking or a specific language. For example, it can refer to a foreign language or dialect. It is a feminine noun.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1100 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Clement of Alexandria
  • To the Newly Baptized — 1:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

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
  • ΓΛΩΤΤΑΝ — tongue, a tongue, language, 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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