Speaking in tongues Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== ''Glossolalia'' is a borrowing of the {{lang|grc|γλωσσολαλία}} ({{transliteration|grc|glossolalía}}), which is a compound of the {{lang|grc|γλῶσσα}} ({{transliteration|grc|glossa}}) {{gloss|tongue, language}}<ref>{{cite dictionary |entry-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dglw%3Dssa |entry=γλῶσσα |first1=Henry George |last1=Liddell |first2=Robert |last2=Scott |title=A Greek-English Lexicon |editor-first1=Henry Stuart |editor-last1=Jones |editor-first2=Roderick |editor-last2=McKenzie |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1940}}</ref> and {{lang|grc|λαλέω}} ({{transliteration|grc|laleō}}) {{gloss|to speak, talk, chat, prattle, make a sound}}.<ref>{{cite dictionary |entry-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dlale%2Fw |entry=λαλέω |first1=Henry George |last1=Liddell |first2=Robert |last2=Scott |title=A Greek-English Lexicon |editor-first1=Henry Stuart |editor-last1=Jones |editor-first2=Roderick |editor-last2=McKenzie |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1940}}</ref> The Greek expression (in various forms) appears in the New Testament in the books of [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] and [[First Corinthians]]. In Acts 2, the followers of Christ receive the [[Holy Spirit]] and speak in the languages of at least fifteen countries or ethnic groups. The exact phrase ''speaking in tongues'' has been used at least since the translation of the New Testament into [[Middle English]] in the [[Wycliffe Bible]] in the 14th century.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Mark|16:17|wyc}} </ref> [[Frederic Farrar]] first used the word ''glossolalia'' in 1879.<ref>{{cite dictionary |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |edition=2nd |year=1989 |entry=glossolalia}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page