לִשָּׁןlishshân
tongue, = language, figurative (Daniel 3:7; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 3:4; Daniel 4:31; Daniel 5:19)
Pronunciation: lish-shawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3961
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 3:4 Then a herald shouted out, “People of all races and nations and languages, listen to the king’s command!
- Daniel 3:7 So at the sound of the musical instruments, all the people, whatever their race or nation or language, bowed to the ground and worshiped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- Daniel 3:29 Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!”
- Daniel 4:1 King Nebuchadnezzar sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: “Peace and prosperity to you!
- Daniel 5:19 He made him so great that people of all races and nations and languages trembled before him in fear. He killed those he wanted to kill and spared those he wanted to spare. He honored those he wanted to honor and disgraced those he wanted to disgrace.
- Daniel 6:25 Then King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: “Peace and prosperity to you!
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).