H3956 לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn — 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…
KJV: [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Derived from לָשַׁן lâshan (to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate)
Occurs 117 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- לָשׁוֹן n.m. and (more oft.) f. tongue
- 1 tongue of men
- 2 = language
- 3 tongue of animals
- 4 tongue of fire
- 5 = (tongue-shaped) wedge of gold
- 6 = (tongue-shaped) bay of sea
Where it occurs
- Genesis 10:5 — Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in…
- Genesis 10:20 — These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
- Genesis 10:31 — These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
- Exodus 4:10 — Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for…
- Exodus 11:7 — But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal, that you may…
- Deuteronomy 28:49 — The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose…
- Joshua 7:21 — When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing…
- Joshua 7:24 — Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his…
- Joshua 10:21 — all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children…
- Joshua 15:2 — Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;