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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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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 BoxDan 3:4 - Then an herald H3744 cried H7123 aloud, H2429 To you it is commanded, H560 O people, H5972 nations, H524 and languages, H3961

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - Therefore H6903 H1836 at that time, H2166 when H1768 all H3606 the people H5972 heard H8086 the sound H7032 of the cornet, H7162 flute, H4953 harp, H7030 H7030 sackbut, H5443 psaltery, H6460 and all H3606 kinds H2178 of musick, H2170 all H3606 the people, H5972 the nations, H524 and the languages, H3961 fell down H5308 and worshipped H5457 the golden H1722 image H6755 that Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king H4430 had set up. H6966

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore I H4481 make H7761 a decree, H2942 That every H3606 people, H5972 nation, H524 and language, H3961 which speak H560 any thing amiss H7960 H7955 against H5922 the God H426 of Shadrach, H7715 Meshach, H4336 and Abednego, H5665 shall be cut H5648 in pieces, H1917 and their houses H1005 shall be made H7739 a dunghill: H5122 because H6903 H3606 there is H383 no H3809 other H321 God H426 that can H3202 deliver H5338 after this H1836 sort.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:1 - Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king, H4430 unto all H3606 people, H5972 nations, H524 and languages, H3961 that dwell H1753 in all H3606 the earth; H772 Peace H8001 be multiplied H7680 unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:19 - And for H4481 the majesty H7238 that he gave H3052 him, all H3606 people, H5972 nations, H524 and languages, H3961 trembled H1934 H2112 and feared H1763 before H4481 him: H6925 whom he would H1934 H6634 he slew; H1934 H6992 and whom he would H1934 H6634 he kept alive; H1934 H2418 and whom he would H1934 H6634 he set up; H1934 H7313 and whom he would H1934 H6634 he put down. H1934 H8214

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:25 - Then H116 king H4430 Darius H1868 wrote H3790 unto all H3606 people, H5972 nations, H524 and languages, H3961 that dwell H1753 in all H3606 the earth; H772 Peace H8001 be multiplied H7680 unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And there was given H3052 him dominion, H7985 and glory, H3367 and a kingdom, H4437 that all H3606 people, H5972 nations, H524 and languages, H3961 should serve H6399 him: his dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 dominion, H7985 which shall not H3809 pass away, H5709 and his kingdom H4437 that which shall not H3809 be destroyed. H2255
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