gift of tongues
Miraculous language ability
Gift of tongues is a religious phenomenon in which a person speaks in a language unknown to them, understood as a divine gift from the Holy Spirit.
In Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity, it often manifests as ecstatic utterance—sounds that don't correspond to any known language, also called glossolalia.
Some traditions interpret the gift as miraculously speaking actual foreign languages: At Pentecost, the apostles received the gift of tongues and preached to people of many nations.
Zealous promoters of causes
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- CorinthiansBiblical epistles to Greeks
- PaulBiblical letter-writer
- Upper RoomElevated interior chamber
Cornelius · edification · interpretation · prophecy · church assembly · early church
Spirit's arrival celebration
- Holy SpiritThird divine person
- Azusa Street Revival1906 glossolalia movement catalyst
- PentecostalismSpirit-focused Christian denomination
- faith healingTreatment through religious practice
revivalism · laying on of hands · tarrying · signs and wonders · anointing
Beyond natural explanation
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
- theophanyVisible appearance of deity
- divine interventionGodly action in affairs
- signMark conveying information
wonder · revelation · transcendence · faith · grace
Address to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- praiseExpression of approval
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- worship serviceReligious observance gathering
apostles
Zealous promoters of causes
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- CorinthiansBiblical epistles to Greeks
- PaulBiblical letter-writer
Upper Room · Cornelius · edification · interpretation · prophecy · church assembly · early church
Pentecost
Spirit's arrival celebration
- Holy SpiritThird divine person
- Azusa Street Revival1906 glossolalia movement catalyst
- PentecostalismSpirit-focused Christian denomination
faith healing · revivalism · laying on of hands · tarrying · signs and wonders · anointing
supernatural
Beyond natural explanation
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
- theophanyVisible appearance of deity
- divine interventionGodly action in affairs
sign · wonder · revelation · transcendence · faith · grace
utterance
Spoken expression aloud
- divine languageSpeech of deities
prayer
Address to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- praiseExpression of approval
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
worship service · altar call · testimony · charismatic worship
- tonguetip, root, blade, dorsum, frenulum
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint
- Holy SpiritHoly Spirit, pneuma, advocate, helper, third person
- spiritual giftsglossolalia, discernment, prophecy, healing, miracles
- shakerssalt shaker, pepper shaker, cocktail shaker, sugar shaker, parmesan shaker
- Mormon Doctrineeternal life, exaltation, Book of Mormon, Jehovah, priesthood
gift of tongueslanguage study
Learning other tongues
language learning · second language acquisition · deliberate practice · foreign language education
gift of tonguesspiritual emptiness
Lack of transcendent connection
apostasy · unbelief · hardness of heart · dark night of the soul · skepticism
gift of tonguesspeechlessness
Inability to speak
muteness · silence · tongue-tied · aphasia · loss of speech
gift, gifts, gifted, gifting, tongue, tongues, tongued, giving