Strong's H3956
לָשׁוֹן
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
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)
Derivation
or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960 (לָשַׁן);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, לָשׁוֹן is translated as: [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.