Definition:
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)
Definition:
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.)