What Is the Biblical Definition of Tongues?
For this, we must again go to our lexicon to study both what the meaning is of the word tongues and also what other locations in the Bible use this same word. We can find the lexicon entry for the Greek word tongues at http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=1100&version=kjv . Here we see that this word is used a total of 47 times in the New Testament (remember, the Old Testament was not written in Greek) and as we look, we see that it is the same usage as in Acts 2 where the gift was first given to the Christians. As you read through this passage in Acts 2, take a very close look at it. Here is a detailed example of exactly what the gift of tongues is. The Christians all spoke in what they thought was their own language, but it came across to anyone who heard it in that person s own language. This would be like me speaking in English, but a French person hearing it in French and a Spanish person hearing it in Spanish and a German person hearing it in German, all at th
