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Lexicon :: Strong's G1100 - glōssa

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γλῶσσα
Transliteration
glōssa (Key)
Pronunciation
gloce-sah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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TDNT Reference: 1:719,123

Strong’s Definitions

γλῶσσα glōssa, gloce-sah'; of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired):—tongue.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's G1100 in the following manner: tongue (50x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's G1100 in the following manner: tongue (50x).
  1. the tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech

  2. a tongue

    1. the language or dialect used by a particular people distinct from that of other nations

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γλῶσσα glōssa, gloce-sah'; of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired):—tongue.
STRONGS G1100:
γλῶσσα, -ης, , [from Homer down], the tongue;
1. the tongue, a member of the body, the organ of speech: Mark 7:33, 35; Luke 1:64; Luke 16:24; 1 Corinthians 14:9; James 1:26; James 3:5, 6, 8; 1 Peter 3:10; 1 John 3:18; [Revelation 16:10]. By a poetic and rhetorical usage, especially Hebraistic, that member of the body which is chiefly engaged in some act has ascribed to it what belongs to the man; the tongue is so used in Acts 2:26 (ἠγαλλιάσατο γλῶσσά μου); Romans 3:13; Romans 14:11; Philippians 2:11 (the tongue of every man); of the little tongue-like flames symbolizing the gift of foreign tongues, in Acts 2:3.
2. a tongue, i. e. the language used by a particular people in distinction from that of other nations: Acts 2:11; hence, in later Jewish usage (Isaiah 66:18; Daniel 3:4; Daniel 5:19 Theodotion; Daniel 6:25; 7:14 Theodotion; Judith 3:8) joined with φυλή, λαός, ἔθνος, it serves to designate people of various languages [cf. Winer's Grammar, 32], Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:9; Revelation 13:7; Revelation 14:6; Revelation 17:15. λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γλώσσαις to speak with other than their native i. e. in foreign tongues, Acts 2:4, cf. Acts 2:6-11; γλώσσαις λαλεῖν καιναῖς to speak with new tongues which the speaker has not learned previously, Mark 16:17 [but Tr text WH text omit; Tr marginal reading brackets καιναῖς]; cf. De Wette on Acts, p. 27ff [correct and supplement his references by Meyer on 1 Corinthians 12:10; cf. also B. D. under the word Tongues, Gift of]. From both these expressions must be carefully distinguished the simple phrases λαλεῖν γλώσσαις, γλώσσαις λαλεῖν, λαλεῖν γλώσσῃ, γλώσσῃ λαλεῖν (and προσεύχεσθαι γλώσσῃ, 1 Corinthians 14:14), to speak with (in) a tongue (the organ of speech), to speak with tongues; this, as appears from 1 Corinthians 14:7ff, is the gift of men who, rapt in an ecstasy and no longer quite masters of their own reason and consciousness, pour forth their glowing spiritual emotions in strange utterances, rugged, dark, disconnected, quite unfitted to instruct or to influence the minds of others: Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6; 1 Corinthians 12:30; 1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Corinthians 14:2, 4-6, 13, 18, 23, 27, 39. The origin of the expression is apparently to be found in the fact, that in Hebrew the tongue is spoken of as the leading instrument by which the praises of God are proclaimed ( τῶν θείων ὕμνων μελῳδός, 4 Macc. 10:21, cf. Psalm 34:28 (Ps. 35:28); Psalms 65:17 (Ps. 66:17); Psalms 70:24 (Ps. 71:24); Psalm 125:2 (Ps. 126:2); Acts 2:26; Philippians 2:11; λαλεῖν ἐν γλώσσῃ, Psalm 38:4 (Ps. 39:4), and that according to the more rigorous conception of inspiration nothing human in an inspired man was thought to be active except the tongue, put in motion by the Holy Spirit (καταχρῆται ἕτερος αὐτοῦ τοῖς φωνητηρίοις ὀργάνοις, στόματι καὶ γλώττῃ πρὸς μήνυσιν ὧν ἂν θέλῃ, Philo, rer. div. haer. § 53 [i. 510, Mang. edition]); hence, the contrast διὰτοῦνοὸς [critical editions τῷ νοἲ) λαλεῖν, 1 Corinthians 14:19 cf. 1 Corinthians 14:9. The plural in the phrase γλώσσαις λαλεῖν, used even of a single person (1 Corinthians 14:5f), refers to the various motions of the tongue. By metonymy, of the cause for the effect, γλῶσσαι tongues are equivalent to λόγοι ἐν γλώσσῃ (1 Corinthians 14:19) words spoken in a tongue (Zungenvorträge): 1 Corinthians 13:8; 1 Corinthians 14:22; γένη γλωσσῶν, 1 Corinthians 12:10, 28, of which two kinds are mentioned viz. προσευχή and ψαλμός, 1 Corinthians 14:15; γλῶσσαν ἔχω, something to utter with a tongue, 1 Corinthians 14:26. [On 'Speaking with Tongues' see, in addition to the discussions above referred to, Wendt in the 5th edition of Meyer on Acts (Acts 2:4); Heinrici, Korinthierbriefe, i., 372ff; Schaff, Hist. of the Chr. Church, i. 234-245 (1882); Farrar, St. Paul, i. 95ff.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
35:28; 38:4; 39:4; 66:17; 71:24; 125:2; 126:2
Isaiah
66:18
Daniel
3:4; 5:19; 6:25; 7:14
Mark
7:33; 7:35; 16:17
Luke
1:64; 16:24
Acts
2:3; 2:4; 2:4; 2:6; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; 2:11; 2:11; 2:26; 2:26; 10:46; 19:6
Romans
3:13; 14:11
1 Corinthians
12:10; 12:10; 12:28; 12:30; 13:1; 13:8; 14; 14:2; 14:5; 14:7; 14:9; 14:9; 14:13; 14:14; 14:15; 14:18; 14:19; 14:19; 14:22; 14:23; 14:26; 14:27; 14:39
Philippians
2:11; 2:11
James
1:26; 3:5; 3:6; 3:8
1 Peter
3:10
1 John
3:18
Revelation
5:9; 7:9; 10:11; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; 16:10; 17:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1100 matches the Greek γλῶσσα (glōssa),
which occurs 50 times in 47 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:33 - And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:17 - “And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:64 - Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:24 - “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:4 - And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:11 - “Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:26 - Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;
Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:46 - For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:6 - And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:13 - “Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”
;[fn]
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:11 - For it is written:

As I live, says the LORD,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:30 - Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:1 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8 - Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2 - For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4 - He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for[fn] he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6 - But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:9 - So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:13 - Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:14 - For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:18 - I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:19 - yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:22 - Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:23 - Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:26 - How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:27 - If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:39 - Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:11 - and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:26 - If anyone among you[fn] thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:5 - Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:6 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:8 - But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For

“He who would love life
And see good days,
Let him
refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:18 - My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9 - And they sang a new song, saying:

“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:9 - After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11 - And he[fn] said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:9 - Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow[fn] their dead bodies to be put into graves.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 - It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe,[fn] tongue, and nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:6 - Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:10 - Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:15 - Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
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