Strong H3956H3956Gלָשׁוֹן
tongue
One of the 3 senses of Strong H3956
- Transliteration
- lâshôn lâshôn leshônâh
- Pronunciation
- {law-shone'} {law-shone'} lesh-o-naw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun
Definition
: 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)
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)
General definition
From H3960; 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): - + {babbler} {bay} + evil {speaker} {language} {talker} {tongue} wedge.
In the Bible
Strong H3956G appears in 91 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tongue84
- let2
- make2
- babbler1
- flame1
- talker1
First verses
- Exodus 4:10And 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.
- Exodus 11:7But 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.
- Joshua 10:21And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
- Judges 7:5So 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.
- 2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
- Job 5:21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
- Job 6:30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
- Job 15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- Job 20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
- Job 20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
- Job 27:4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
- Job 29:10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
- Job 33:2Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
- Job 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Psalms 12:3The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
- Psalms 15:3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
- Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
- Psalms 31:20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.