Speaking in Glossa
What is Glossa?
1185 γλῶσσα (glōssa), ης (ēs), ἡ (hē): n.fem.; ≡ DBLHebr 4383; Str 1100; TDNT 1.719—1. LN 8.21 a tongue, body part (Jas 3:5); a flame tongue Ac 2:3, 11; 2. LN 33.2 language, a known language (Ac 2:4); 3. LN 33.3 ecstatic language, (1Co 12:10–14:39; Mk 16:17 v.r.), so according to many scholars, for another interp, see prior; 4. LN 33.74 speech (Ac 2:26); 5. LN 33.75 speech, faculty or capacity (Lk 1:64); 6. LN 33.101 utterance, that which is said (1Jn 3:18); 7. LN 9.18 person, as one who utters something (Php 2:11)
4383 לָשׁוֹן (lā·šôn): n.masc. and fem.; ≡ Str 3956; TWOT 1131a—1. LN 8.21 tongue, i.e., the body organ of the mouth, used for speech and swallowing, etc. (Jdg 7:5; Job 27:4; 29:10; Isa 41:17); 2. LN 33.1–33.8 language, i.e., a distinct form and function of communication using verbal code (Ge 10:5); 3. LN 33.69–33.108 speech, i.e., the act. of speaking as a figurative extension of the tongue as a body part (Ex 4:10); 4. LN 33.69–33.108 speech, word, i.e., the content of what is spoken (Isa 3:8; Hos 7:16); 5. LN 6.68–6.82 wedge, i.e., a bar of metal as an undeterminated unit of weight or value (Jos 7:21, 24); 6. LN 1.69–1.78 bay, i.e., an inlet of water in a larger body of sea or lake (Jos 15:2, 5, 19); 7. LN 1.69–1.78 gulf, i.e., a part of an ocean or sea that extends into the land (Isa 11:15); 8. LN 8.9–8.69 fang, formally, tongue, i.e., the part of a snake that inflicts poison (Job 20:16; Ps 140:4[EB 3]); 9. LN 33.69–33.108 unit: חָרַץ כֶּלֶב לָשׁוֹן (ḥā·rǎṣ kě·lěḇ lā·šôn) a dog bark, formally, a dog’s tongue utters, i.e., a sound of a dog’sing. audible but non-verbal communication (Ex 11:7); 10. LN 33.69–33.108 unit: חָרַץ אֵת לָשׁוֹן (ḥā·rǎṣ ʾēṯ lā·šôn) utter a word, formally, utter the tongue, i.e., speak words (Jos 10:21); 11. LN 33.387–33.403 unit: שׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן (šôṭ lā·šôn) slander, formally, lash of the tongue, i.e., speak insulting words by the community to an individual (Job 5:21); 12. LN 33.387–33.403 unit: אִישׁ לָשׁוֹן (ʾîš lā·šôn) slanderer, formally, man of the tongue, i.e., one who speaks insulting words to another (Ps 140:12[EB 11]); 13. LN 53.96–53.101 unit: בַּעַל הַ־ לָשׁוֹן (bǎ·ʿǎl hǎ- lā·šôn) charmer, formally, lord of the tongue, i.e., one who charms deadly snakes through soothing sounds of some kind, possibly music, or whispering, as a technical skill (Ecc 10:11); 14. LN 2.3–2.6 unit: לָשׁוֹן אֵשׁ (lā·šôn ʾēš)1 flame of fire, formally, tongue of fire, i.e., the burning gaseous part of a fire (Isa 5:24); 15. LN 33.476–33.489 unit: אָרַךְ לָשׁוֹן (ʾā·rǎḵ lā·šôn) stick out the tongue, formally, lengthen the tongue, i.e., contort the face and stick the tongue out of the mouth as a non-verbal communication of disrespect (Isa 57:4)