1 Corinthians 14:26:141 Cor.14.26.W14TAB
γλῶσσαν
glōssan
“a tongue”
- Transliteration
- GLŌS-san
- Extended
- GLOHS-sahn
- IPA
- /ˈglɔːs.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tongue
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GLŌS-san
- sentence
TI OUN es-TIN a-del-PHOI HO-tan sy-NER-khē-sthe HE-kas-tos psal-MON E-khei di-da-KHĒN E-khei a-po-KA-ly-psin E-khei GLŌS-san E-khei her-mē-NEI-an E-khei PAN-ta pros oi-ko-do-MĒN gi-NES-thō
Root and etymology
glossagamma–lambda–omega–sigma–sigma–alpha
“tongue, language”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:26
What then is it, brothers, when you come together? Each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation , has a tongue, has an interpretation; let all things be done for edification .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:26:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Corinthians 14:26, so the Greek word γλῶσσαν (glōssan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.14.26.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.26.W14.S1) and character.