Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
“And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech”
(Gen. 11:1). Confusion of tongues and dispersion of peoples coincident (Gen. 11:7-9). “New tongues” (Mark 16:17), is the first notice of a gift specially characteristic of the first outpouring of the Spirit. Ten days afterward the promise was fulfilled in the Pentecostal phenomenon (Acts 2:1-13).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Transliteration:
heteroglossos
Phonic:
het-er-og’-loce-sos
Meaning:
from 2087 and 1100; other- tongued, i.e. a foreigner
KJV Usage:
man of other tongue