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Redirected from γλωϲϲη, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.

ΓΛΩΣΣΗ, γλωσση

GLŌSSĒ, glōssē

Sounds Like: GLOHS-sah

Translations: tongue, a tongue, language, a language, speech, a speech

From the root: ΓΛΩΣΣΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the anatomical organ of the tongue, but it can also mean a language or dialect, or more generally, speech itself. It is often used to describe the act of speaking or the specific language being spoken.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1100 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection
Clement of Rome
  • Clement’s First Letter — 15:4
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
  • 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
  • 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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