STRONGS NUMBER G2084


Word Summary
heteroglōssos: of another tongue
Original Word: ἑτερόγλωσσος
Transliteration: 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: ἑτερόγλωσσος

ἑτερόγλωσσος, ἑτερογλωσσου, (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.