adjective

heteroglōssos

Greekἑτερόγλωσσος (heteroglōssos)

Strong’sG2084

speaking another language

stem heteroglōss-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

strange tongues1×

What it means

**† 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).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2084 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhet-er-og'-loce-sos

other- tongued, i.e. a foreigner

Fromfrom G2087 and G1100;

King Jamesman of other tongue.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	heteroglōssos	heteroglōssas	heteroglōssem	heteroglōssois	heteroglōssais	heteroglōsseim
object accusative	heteroglōsson	heteroglōssan		heteroglōssoin	heteroglōssain
direct address vocative	heteroglōssor	heteroglōssar		heteroglōssoir	heteroglōssair
of, belonging to genitive	heteroglōssou	heteroglōssau	heteroglōsseu	heteroglōssoiu	heteroglōssaiu	heteroglōsseiu
to, for dative	heteroglōsso	heteroglōssa	heteroglōsse	heteroglōssoi1×ἑτερογλώσσοις	heteroglōssai	heteroglōssei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

heteroglōssstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

heteroglōss is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

heteroglōssoi“strange tongues”to, fordative plural1×

1 Corinthians 14:21“strange tongues”en to nomo grafitē hoti En heteroglōssoi kai en cheilei heteroiu lalami to lao houto, kai oude houtōs eisakoueli mu, legatō kurios.It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”