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Lexicon :: Strong's H3961 - liššān

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לִשָּׁן
Transliteration
liššān
Pronunciation
lish-shawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to לָשׁוֹן (H3956)
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TWOT Reference: 2817

Strong’s Definitions

לִשָּׁן lishshân, lish-shawn'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3956; speech, i.e. a nation:—language.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H3961 in the following manner: language (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H3961 in the following manner: language (7x).

  1. tongue, language

    1. tongue, language

    2. people (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לִשָּׁן lishshân, lish-shawn'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3956; speech, i.e. a nation:—language.
STRONGS H3961: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† לִשָּׁן noun masculineDaniel 3:7 tongue (Targum Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew H3956 לָשׁוֺן, √ לשׁן); — tongue = language, figurative for people: absolute עַם אֻמָּה וְל׳ Daniel 3:29; plural emphatic וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא א׳ ע׳ Daniel 3:4; Daniel 3:7; Daniel 3:31 [Daniel 4:1]; Daniel 5:19 Daniel 6:26 [Daniel 6:25]; Daniel 7:14 (compare Biblical Hebrew [H3956 לָשׁוֺן 2, Isaiah 66:18]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

3:4; 3:7; 3:7; 3:29; 4:1; 5:19; 6:25; 7:14

H3961

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3961 matches the Hebrew לִשָּׁן (liššān),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:4 - And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:1 - [fn] King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:19 - And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:25 - Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.
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