לָשׁוֹןlâshôwn
לָשׁוֺן: tongue
Pronunciation: law-shone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3956
Meanings
1. tongue, of men
a. their tongue for thirst is parched (Judges 7:5; Lamentations 4:4; Job 29:10)
b. heavy of tongue, nectere fraudem (Exodus 4:10; Proverbs 16:1; 2 Samuel 23:2)
2. = language (Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 5:15; Ezekiel 3:5)
3. tongue, of animals (Exodus 11:7; Psalms 68:24; Job 20:16)
4. tongue, of fire, devouring (Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 30:27)
5. = (tongue-shaped) wedge (Joshua 7:21; Joshua 7:24)
6. = (tongue-shaped) bay (Isaiah 11:15; Joshua 15:2; Joshua 15:5)
ᵑ7: tongue, = language, figurative (Daniel 3:7; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 3:4; Daniel 4:31; Daniel 5:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 117 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 10:5 Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.
- Genesis 10:20 These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
- Genesis 10:31 These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
- Exodus 4:10 But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”
- Exodus 11:7 But among the Israelites it will be so peaceful that not even a dog will bark. Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 28:49 “The Lord will bring a distant nation against you from the end of the earth, and it will swoop down on you like a vulture. It is a nation whose language you do not understand,
See every passage
- Genesis 10:5, 10:20, 10:31
- Exodus 4:10, 11:7
- Deuteronomy 28:49
- Joshua 7:21, 7:24, 10:21, 15:2, 15:5, 18:19
- Judges 7:5
- 2 Samuel 23:2
- Nehemiah 13:24
- Esther 1:22, 3:12, 8:9
- Job 5:21, 6:30, 15:5, 20:12, 20:16, 27:4, 29:10, 33:2, 41:1
- Psalms 5:9, 10:7, 12:3, 12:4, 15:3, 22:15, 31:20, 34:13, 35:28, 37:30, 39:1, 39:3, 45:1, 50:19, 51:14, 52:2, 52:4, 55:9, 57:4, 64:3, 64:8, 66:17, 68:23, 71:24, 73:9, 78:36, 109:2, 119:172, 120:2, 120:3, 126:2, 137:6, 139:4, 140:3, 140:11
- Proverbs 6:17, 6:24, 10:20, 10:31, 12:18, 12:19, 15:2, 15:4, 16:1, 17:4, 17:20, 18:21, 21:6, 21:23, 25:15, 25:23, 26:28, 28:23, 31:26
- Ecclesiastes 10:11
- Song of Solomon 4:11
- Isaiah 3:8, 5:24, 11:15, 28:11, 30:27, 32:4, 33:19, 35:6, 41:17, 45:23, 50:4, 54:17, 57:4, 59:3, 66:18
- Jeremiah 5:15, 9:3, 9:5, 9:8, 18:18, 23:31
- Lamentations 4:4
- Ezekiel 3:5, 3:6, 3:26, 36:3
- Daniel 1:4
- Hosea 7:16
- Micah 6:12
- Zephaniah 3:13
- Zechariah 8:23, 14:12
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).