tongue

Greek Noun Female

γλῶσσα, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for לָשׁוֹן;] 1) the tongue, as the organ of speech: Mrk.7:33, 35 Luk.1:64 16:24, Act.2:26 " (LXX), Rom.3:13 (LXX) 14:11 (LXX), 1Co.14:9, Php.2:11, Jas.1:26 3:5, 6 8, 1Pe.3:10 " (LXX), 1Jo.3:18, Rev.16:10; of a tongue-like object, Act.2:3. 2) a tongue, language: Act.2:11; joined with φυλή, λαός, ἔθνος, frequently in pl, Rev.5:9 7:9 10:11 11:9 13:7 14:6 17:15; λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γ, Act.2:4; γ. λαλεῖν καιναῖς, WH, txt. (RV, mg, omit καιναῖς), Mrk.16:17; λαλεῖν γλώσσαις, γλώσσῃ (see ICC, ll. with; DB, iv, 793ff.), Mrk.16:17, WH, txt, R, mg, Act.10:46 19:6, 1Co.12:30 13:1 14:2, 4-6, 13, 18, 23, 27, 39; γλῶσσαι (= λόγοι ἐν γλώσσῃ, 1Co.14:19), 1Co.13:8 14:22; γένη γλωσσῶν, 1Co.12:10, 28; προσεύχεσθαι γλώσσῃ, 1Co.14:14; γλῶσσαν ἔχειν, 1Co.14:26 (Cremer, 163, 679). (AS)

tongue

Greek Noun Female

γλῶσσα, Ionic dialect γλάσσα, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Attic dialect γλῶττα, ης, ἡ, tongue, [Refs 8th c.BC+] b) γ. λάρυγγος, ={γλωττίς}, larynx, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2) tongue, as the organ of speech, γλώσσης χάριν through love of talking, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γλώσσῃ δεινός, θρασύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+] by frankness of speech, [Refs 6th c.BC+], of fraud opposed to violence, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, by word of mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ γλώσσης ἄπο, i.e. our words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ γ. φράσω by heart, opposed to γράμμασιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀπὸ γλώσσης not from mere word of mouth, but after full argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μὴ διὰ γλώσσης without using the tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —phrases: πᾶσαν γλῶτταν βασάνιζε try every art of tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσαν ἱέναι γλῶσσαν let loose one's whole tongue, speak withoutrestraint, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακὰ γ. slander, [Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. with blasphemies, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) of persons, one who is all tongue, speaker, of Pericles, μεγίστη γ. τῶν Ἑλληνίδων [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) ἡ γ. τοῦ ταμιείου the advocacy of the fiscus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) language, ἄλλη δ᾽ ἄλλων γ. μεμιγμένη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γλῶσσαν ἱέναι speak a language or dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. Ἑλληνίδα, Δωρίδα ἱέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dialect, ἡ Ἀττικὴ γ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) obsolete or foreign word, which needs explanation, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) people speaking a distinct language,[LXX+4th c.BC+] III) anything shaped like the tongue [NT] III.1) in Music, rced or tongue of a pipe, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.2) tongue or thong of leather, shoe-latchet, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) tongue of land, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III.4) ingot, γ. χρυσῆ [LXX] III.5) marking on the liver, in divination, [Refs 5th c.AD+] from γλωχ-y[acaron], compare γλώξ, γλωχί; γλάσσα from *γλᾰχ-y[acaron], weak grade of same root.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

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