Word Summary
heteroglōssos: of another tongue
Original Word: ἑτερόγλωσσοςTransliteration: heteroglōssos
Phonetic Spelling: (het-er-og'-loce-sos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: of another tongue
Meaning: of another tongue
Strong's Concordance
foreigner, man of other tongue.
From heteros and glossa; other- tongued, i.e. A foreigner -- man of other tongue.
see GREEK heteros
see GREEK glossa
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2084: ἑτερόγλωσσοςἑτερόγλωσσος,
ἑτερογλωσσου,
ὁ (
ἕτερος and
γλῶσσα),
one who speaks (another i. e.)
a foreign tongue (opposed to
ὁμόγλωσσος):
Psalm 113:1 () Aq.; Polybius 24, 9, 5; Strabo 8, p. 333; (Philo, confus. lingg. § 3; others); but differently in 1 Corinthians 14:21, viz. one who speaks what is utterly strange and unintelligible to others unless interpreted see what is said about 'speaking with tongues' under γλῶσσα, 2.