Greek semantic word

γλῶσσα

Transliteration: glossa

7 lexical sense(s); 50 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: tongue

organ in the mouth used for speaking and eating

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001113-01
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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9 (9 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: language, dialect, speech

a language, with the possible implication of its distinctive form

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001113-02
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 3: ecstatic language, tongue, ecstatic speech

an utterance having the form of language but requiring an inspired interpreter for an understanding of the content

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001113-03
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 4: speech, to speak

(figurative extension of meaning of γλῶσσα[a] ‘tongue,’ semantic domain 8.21) to communicate orally

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001113-04
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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5 (5 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 5: speech, ability to speak

(figurative extension of meaning of γλῶσσα[a] ‘tongue,’ semantic domain 8.21) the faculty or capacity for speech

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001113-05
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 6: what is said, talk, utterance

that which has been spoken or uttered

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001113-06
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
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1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 7: person, individual

(a figurative extension of meaning of γλῶσσα[a] ‘tongue,’ semantic domain 8.21) a person as one who utters something[source note 1]

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001113-07
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Advanced record identity
Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-001113
Page model version
1.0
Direction
ltr
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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