γλῶσσα

Noun

glōssa · tongue

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 1100

Lexical summary

50

NT occurrences

8

Observed forms

About this Greek word

The tongue, Mk. 7:33, 35, et al.; meton. speech, talk, 1 Jn. 3:18; a tongue, language, Acts 2:11; 1 Cor. 13:1, et al.; meton. a language not proper to a speaker, a gift or faculty of such language, Mk. 16:17; 1 Cor. 14:13, 14, 26, et al.; from Hebrew, a nation, as defined by its language, Rev. 5:9, et al.; lit. a tongue-shaped flail, Acts 2:3

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Luke 1:64
Genitive
Mark 7:33
Dative
Accusative
Luke 16:24
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Acts 2:3
Genitive
Dative
Mark 16:17
Accusative
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

γλῶσσα

Book distribution counts: 1 Corinthians: 21 occurrences; Revelation: 8 occurrences; Acts: 6 occurrences; James: 5 occurrences; Mark: 3 occurrences; Luke: 2 occurrences; Romans: 2 occurrences; 1 John: 1 occurrences; 1 Peter: 1 occurrences; Philippians: 1 occurrences

Author

γλῶσσα
  • Paul24
  • John9
  • Luke8
  • James5
  • Mark3
  • Peter1

Author distribution counts: Paul: 24 occurrences; John: 9 occurrences; Luke: 8 occurrences; James: 5 occurrences; Mark: 3 occurrences; Peter: 1 occurrences