This kind of gloss refers to a short note inserted in the margin or between the lines of a text, which explains a difficult or technical expression. This meaning of the word used in the word glossary, which is a collection of explanations of terms. Many Bible versions today contain a glossary to explain technical terms used in the translation, such as sacrifice, synagogue, Sabbath. And, of course, these web pages are a glossary, containing explanations of technical terms used by translators. Standard dictionary definitions for grammar range over a number of senses of the term as it is used by speakers of English.
Many linguists technically differentiate between grammar and syntax, at least some of the time.
Linguistically, grammar can refer to the overall organization of language or a specific language, and sytax refers, more narrowly, to the relationship among elements of a language above the word level, that is, among words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. See Syntactic function . The language in which the New Testament was originally written. It is debated whether some portions of the New Testament may have first been written in Aramaic and then translated to Greek.