Strong's Hebrew · H3956

לָשׁוֹן

lâshôwn · law-shone'

[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

Definition

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)

Derivation

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

Appears 117 times in Scripture

Joshua 10:21

The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.

Exodus 11:7

But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

Genesis 10:20

These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

Genesis 10:31

These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

Joshua 7:24

Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

Genesis 10:5

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

Zechariah 14:12

And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Exodus 4:10

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

Psalms 66:17

I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.

Job 33:2

Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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