ἑτερόγλωσσος
heteróglōssos · G2084 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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speaking in a strange language, in a strange language
Pertaining to being a different or strange language
Examples1 Corinthians 14:21 In the Law it is written: “BY MEN OF STRANGE TONGUES AND BY THE LIPS OF STRANGERS I WILL SPEAK TO THIS PEOPLE, AND EVEN SO THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME,” says the Lord.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- βάρβαρος bárbaros · G915 · non-Greek, native people, uncivilized
- Greek noun/adjective denoting a foreigner or one who speaks a foreign (non-Greek) language. Shares the semantic domain of foreign speech and foreignness, though βάρβαρος typically emphasizes cultural/linguistic outsider status from a Greek perspective while ἑτερόγλωσσος more neutrally describes 'other-tongued' speech.
In the other Testament 1 word
- לָעַז lâʻaz · H3937 · to speak a foreign language
- Hebrew verb/noun denoting foreign or unintelligible speech; used in Isaiah 28:11 ('with stammering lips and another tongue') and Psalm 114:1 ('from a people of strange language'). A natural translation equivalent for speaking in a strange/foreign language.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Speaking in a strange language, in a strange language33.4
- In 1 Corinthians 14:21, Paul quotes the Law: “BY MEN OF STRANGE TONGUES AND BY THE LIPS OF STRANGERS I WILL SPEAK TO THIS PEOPLE,” using this word for speech in a foreign, unintelligible language.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἑτερογλωσσου, ὁ (ἕτερος and γλῶσσα), one who speaks (another i. e.) a foreign tongue…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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