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G2084 ἑτερόγλωσσος (heteróglōssos)
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Quick Definition

ἑτερόγλωσσος, ον Adj speaking another language

Strong's Definition

from 2087 and 1100; other- tongued, i.e. a foreigner

KJV Usage: man of other tongue

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ἕτερος + γλῶσσα

33.4 · Communication · Language

speaking in a strange language, in a strange language pertaining to being a different or strange language

1CO 14:21

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑτερό-γλωσσος, -ov, 6, (ἕτερος and γλῶσσα), one who speaks [another i. e.] a foreign tongue (opp. to ὁμόγλωσcos): Ps. exiii. (exiv.) 1 Aq.; Polyb. 24, 9,5; Strab. 8 p. 333; [Philo, confus. lingg. § 3; al.]; but differently in 1 Co. xiv. 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.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἑτερόγλωσσος heteroglōssos 1x

one who speaks another or foreign language, 1 Cor. 14:21*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† ἑτερό-γλωσσος

(Att. -ττος), -ον, [in Aq.: Ps 113 (114):1, Is 33:19 * ;]

of alien speech, of another tongue (v. Cremer, 681): I Co 14:21 (aliter in LXX).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἑτερόγλωσσος. With this compound (1 Cor 14**) cf. the similarly formed ἑτερογνώμων, e.g. Vett. Val. p. 7918 οὗτοι yap εἰσι ἑτερογνώμονες τόποι αἰτίας ἐπάγοντες καὶ καθαιρέσεις.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἑτερόγλωσσος (heteroglōssos) — in another language. ἑτερό-γλωσσος, Attic dialect ἑτερόγλωττος, ον, of other (i.e. foreign) tongue, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐν ἑτερογλώσσοις λαλεῖν by men of foreign tongue, [NT+4th c.BC+]

2. of diverse tongues, ζῷα [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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