Strong H39563 sensesלָשׁוֹן

The 3 senses of Strong H3956

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3956 appears in 115 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. tongueH3956G: tongue/words91 verses · 17 books
2. tongue: languageH3956H: language16 verses · 10 books
3. tongue: barH3956I: bar/projection/bay6 verses · Joshua, Isaiah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• tongue95
• language8
• bay3
• let2
• make2
• wedge2
• babbler1
• flame1
• talker1

First verses

1. Genesis 10:5
   By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
2. Genesis 10:20
   These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
3. Genesis 10:31
   These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
4. Exodus 4:10
   And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
5. Exodus 11:7
   But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
6. Deuteronomy 28:49
   The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
7. Joshua 7:21
   When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
8. Joshua 7:24
   And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
9. Joshua 10:21
   And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
10. Joshua 15:2
    And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
11. Joshua 15:5
    And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
12. Joshua 18:19
    And the border passed along to the side of Beth–hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
13. Judges 7:5
    So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
14. 2 Samuel 23:2
    The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
15. Nehemiah 13:24
    And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
16. Esther 1:22
    For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
17. Esther 3:12
    Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
18. Esther 8:9
    Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
19. Job 5:21
    Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
20. Job 6:30
    Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?