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(1Co_14:2; 1Co_14:4; 1Co_14:13-14; 1Co_14:19; 1Co_14:27) is a gloss of the A.V.; for the Greek has simply ãëῶóóá , a tongue, obviously meaning a different living language from that ordinarily employed by the speaker ( ãëῶóóá ἑôÝñá , Mar_16:17; Act_2:4). Others understand an ecstatic utterance of abrupt, incoherent, and unintelligible expressions which needed an interpreter. See the monographs cited by Volbeding, Index Programmatum, p. 73. SEE SPIRITUAL GIFTS.