G1100 – glossa – γλῶσσα a tongue; fig. a language

Strong’s ID:
G1100
Greek Word:
γλῶσσα
Transliteration:
glossa
Pronunciation:
gloce-sah’
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Etymology:
of uncertain affinity
Usage Count:
50
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Find “glossa” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) a tongue
2) figuratively: a language

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired):—tongue.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) the tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech
2) a tongue
1a) the language or dialect used by a particular people distinct from that of other nations

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.