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HebrewH3956Noun

לָשׁוֹן

la.shon

92Occurrences
H3956Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)

or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960 (לָשַׁן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
tongue/words 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

לָשׁוֹן appears 92 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Proverbs
19
Psalms
16
Isaiah
15
Job
8
Joshua
6
Ezk
4
Esther
3
Genesis
3

Key Passages

2 Samuel 23:2BSB

The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me;His word was on my tongue.

Isaiah 28:11BSB

Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues,He will speak to this people

Job 15:5BSB

For your iniquity instructs your mouth,and you choose the language of the crafty.

Proverbs 10:31BSB

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

Psalms 10:7BSB

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence;trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.