UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γλῶσσα

MainId: 001113000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: γ

StrongCodes: G1100

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'In this subdomain (Human Beings) a number of expressions referring to people are based upon metonymies involving terms for parts or aspects of persons. Such metonymic figures of speech are involved in σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα ({D:9.14}), γόνυ[b] ({D:9.16}), χείρ[b] ({D:9.17}), γλῶσσα[g] ({D:9.18}), ὄνομα[b] ({D:9.19}), and ψυχή[c] ({D:9.20}).'}

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001113001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: γλῶσσα
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ης
RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'γλωσσόκομον', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἑτερόγλωσσος', 'Meanings': []}]
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001113001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 8.21
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products
  LEXSubDomains: Parts of the Body
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-24 21:28:51
    DefinitionShort: organ in the mouth used for speaking and eating
    Glosses: tongue
    Comments: Though in {S:05900300500008} the tongue is referred to as a part of the body, it is used essentially as a symbol for speech, and since in some languages the tongue is not regarded as an organ of speech, but simply as a part of the mouth, it may be necessary to change the expression to read ‘the mouth is a small member of the body’ or ‘speaking is only a small part of one’s life.’ It is obviously not the tongue as an organ which corrupts the whole person, but the capacity for speech which has such a corrupting effect.
  LEXReferences: MARK 7:33, MARK 7:35, LUKE 16:24, ACTs 2:3, YAC 3:5, YAC 3:6, YAC 3:6, YAC 3:8, REV 16:10
2. LEXID: 001113001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 33.2
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Language
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-24 21:28:51
    DefinitionShort: a language, with the possible implication of its distinctive form
    Glosses: ['language', 'dialect', 'speech']
    Comments: The miracle described in {S:04400200400020} may have been a miracle of speaking or a miracle of hearing, but at any rate people understood fully, and therefore it seems appropriate in this context to speak of ‘languages’ in contrast with {S:04601400200008}, in which case people required an interpreter if they were to receive the presumed content of the speech (see {D:33.3}).
  LEXReferences: MARK 16:17, ACTs 2:4, ACTs 2:11, ACTs 10:46, ACTs 19:6, 1COR 12:28, 1COR 12:30, 1COR 13:1, 1COR 14:2, 1COR 14:4, 1COR 14:5, 1COR 14:5, 1COR 14:6, 1COR 14:13, 1COR 14:14, 1COR 14:18, 1COR 14:19, 1COR 14:22, 1COR 14:23, 1COR 14:26, 1COR 14:27, 1COR 14:39, REV 5:9, REV 7:9, REV 10:11, REV 11:9, REV 13:7, REV 14:6, REV 17:15
3. LEXID: 001113001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 33.3
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Language
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-24 21:28:51
    DefinitionShort: an utterance having the form of language but requiring an inspired interpreter for an understanding of the content
    Glosses: ['ecstatic language', 'tongue', 'ecstatic speech']
    Comments: Most scholars assume that the phenomena described in {S:04400200400000} (see {D:33.2}) and in {S:04601400200000} are significantly different in that in one instance people understood in their own regional language or dialect and in the other instance an interpreter was required. It is for that reason that many interpret γλῶσσα in {S:04601400200008} as ecstatic speech, which was also an element in Hellenistic religions and constituted a symbol of divine inspiration.
  LEXReferences: MARK 16:17, ACTs 10:46, ACTs 19:6, 1COR 12:10, 1COR 12:10, 1COR 12:28, 1COR 12:30, 1COR 13:8, 1COR 14:2
4. LEXID: 001113001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 33.74
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Speak, Talk
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-24 21:28:51
    DefinitionShort: (figurative extension of meaning of {L:γλῶσσα}[a] ‘tongue,’ {D:8.21}) to communicate orally
    Glosses: ['speech', 'to speak']
  LEXReferences: ACTs 2:26, ROM 3:13, 1COR 14:9, YAC 1:26, 1PET 3:10
5. LEXID: 001113001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 33.75
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Speak, Talk
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-24 21:28:51
    DefinitionShort: (figurative extension of meaning of {L:γλῶσσα}[a] ‘tongue,’ {D:8.21}) the faculty or capacity for speech
    Glosses: ['speech', 'ability to speak']
    Comments: In {S:04200106400018} στόμα and γλῶσσα appear to have the same referent and therefore may be regarded as essentially synonymous.
  LEXReferences: LUKE 1:64
6. LEXID: 001113001006000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 33.101
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Speak, Talk
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-24 21:28:51
    DefinitionShort: that which has been spoken or uttered
    Glosses: ['what is said', 'talk', 'utterance']
  LEXReferences: 1YHN 3:18
7. LEXID: 001113001007000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 9.18
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: People
  LEXSubDomains: Human Beings
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-24 21:28:51
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:γλῶσσα}[a] ‘tongue,’ {D:8.21}) a person as one who utters something{N:001}
    Glosses: ['person', 'individual']
  LEXReferences: ROM 14:11, PHP 2:11