γλῶσσα : TONGUES; GLOSS

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

Gaylon West.


Note: the English word "gloss" that means "shiny" comes from a different source. "Gloss" here means "explanations."
Total KJV (NT) Occurrences: 48
• tongue, 23
Mark 7:33; Mark 7:35; Luke 1:64; Acts 2:26; Rom 14:11; 1Cor 14:2; 1Cor 14:4; 1Cor 14:9; 1Cor 14:13; 1Cor 14:14; 1Cor 14:19; 1Cor 14:26; 1Cor 14:27; Phil 2:11; Jas 1:26; Jas 3:5; Jas 3:6(2); Jas 3:8; 1Pet 3:10; 1John 3:18; Rev 5:9; Rev 14:6
• tongues, 25
Acts 2:3; Acts 2:4; Acts 2:11; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6; Rom 3:13; 1Cor 12:10(2); 1Cor 12:28; 1Cor 12:30; 1Cor 13:1; 1Cor 13:8; 1Cor 14:5(2); 1Cor 14:6; 1Cor 14:18; 1Cor 14:22; 1Cor 14:23; 1Cor 14:39; Rev 7:9; Rev 10:11; Rev 11:9; Rev 13:7; Rev 16:10; Rev 17:15
History of English word
gloss (n.2) "word inserted as an explanation," 1540s (earlier gloze, c.1300), from Latin glossa "obsolete or foreign word," one that requires explanation; hence also "explanation, note," from Greek glossa (Ionic), glotta (Attic) "obscure word, language," also "mouthpiece," literally "tongue," from PIE *glogh- "thorn, point, that which is projected" (source also of Old Church Slavonic glogu "thorn"). Figurative use from 1540s. Both glossology (1716) and glottology (1841) have been used in the sense "science of language."d
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