Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3956
לָשׁוֹן
la.shon · “tongue”
Used 117 times across 22 books
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)
Where it appears
Genesis3
Exodus2
Deuteronomy1
Joshua6
Judges1
2 Samuel1
Nehemiah1
Esther5
Job9
Psalms35
Proverbs19
Ecclesiastes1
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah15
Jeremiah6
Lamentations1
Ezekiel4
Daniel1
Hosea1
Micah1
Zephaniah1
Zechariah2
In the text
Genesis 10:5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.Genesis 10:20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.Genesis 10:31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.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.Deuteronomy 28:49The 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;Joshua 7:21When 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.Joshua 7:24And 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.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.Joshua 15:2And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
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