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Lexicon :: Strong's H3956 - lāšôn

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לָשׁוֹן
Transliteration
lāšôn
Pronunciation
law-shone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1131a

Strong’s Definitions

לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; from H3960; 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):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H3956 in the following manner: tongue (98x), language (10x), bay (3x), wedge (2x), babbler (1x), flame (1x), speaker (with H376) (1x), talkers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H3956 in the following manner: tongue (98x), language (10x), bay (3x), wedge (2x), babbler (1x), flame (1x), speaker (with H376) (1x), talkers (1x).
  1. tongue

    1. tongue (of men)

      1. tongue (literal)

      2. tongue (organ of speech)

    2. language

    3. tongue (of animals)

    4. tongue (of fire)

    5. wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; from H3960; 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):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
STRONGS H3956: Abbreviations
לָשׁוֺן noun masculineJoshua 7:29 and (more often) feminineIsaiah 28:11 tongue (Late Hebrew id.; also Assyrian lišânu; Arabic bdb054604; Ethiopic bdb054605; Aramaic H3961 לִשָּׁן, לִישָּׁן, bdb054606 (all li-); Zinjirli לשן DHMSendsch. 59); — absolute ל׳ Exodus 4:10 +; הַלָּשֹׁן Joshua 15:2; construct לְשׁוֺן Joshua 7:21 +; suffix לְשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2; לְשֹׁנוֺ Exodus 11:7 + 2 times; לְשׁוֺנוֺ Judges 7:5; Esther 1:22; לְשׁוֺנְךָ Psalm 34:14; לְשׁוֺנְכֶם Isaiah 59:3, etc.; plural לְשֹׁנוֺת absolute Psalm 31:21; Isaiah 66:18; construct Zechariah 8:23; suffix לְשֹׁנֹתָם Genesis 10:20, 31; —
1. tongue of men,
a. used in lapping Judges 7:5; cleaving to the palate (חֵק), in thirst Lamentations 4:4, so as to produce dumbness Job 29:10 (|| קוֺל נֶחְבָּא), Psalm 137:6; Ezekiel 3:26 (|| נֶאֱלַם); cleaving to jaws (מַלְקוֺחַ) Psalm 22:16; בַּצָּמָא נָשָׁ֑תָּה ל׳ Isaiah 41:17 their tongue for thirst is parched; תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶם לְ׳ Zechariah 14:12 (of י׳'s judgment); a choice morsel is held תַּחַת ל׳ Job 20:12 (figurative of mischief), compare Psalm 10:7 (ready to be uttered), Psalm 66:17 (|| פֶּה), Songs 4:11.
b. usually as organ of speech, both good and bad (especially Psalms, Proverbs, often ||פֶּה, שָׂפָה); — כְּבַד ל׳ Exodus 4:10 (J) heavy of tongue; מַעֲנֵה ל׳ Proverbs 16:1, מִלָּתוֺ עַללְֿשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2, compare Proverbs 31:26; Psalm 139:4 (בִּל׳), הֲיֵשׁ בִּלְשׁוֺנִי עַוְלָה Job 6:30; מָוֶת וְחַיִּים בְּיַד ל׳ Proverbs 18:21, compare Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 25:15; of (false) prophets, הַלֹּקְהִים ל׳ Jeremiah 23:31; subject of verb of speaking, בֶּר Di — בִחִכִּי דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֺנִי Job 33:2; Psalm 12:4; Psalm 37:30; compare (Jeremiah 9:7 below and) ֗֗֗ תְּמַהֵר ל׳ לְדַבֵּר Isaiah 32:4, לְשׁוֺנִי עֵט סֹפֵר מָהִיר Psalm 45:2, i.e. as swift as a rapid scribe's stylus; subject of הָגָה Isaiah 59:3; Job 27:4; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:24; subject of נִשְׁבַּע Isaiah 45:23; תִּהַלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ ל׳ Psalm 73:9; of hostile speech, insolence, etc., Joshua 10:21 (J E; object of I. חָרַץ which see, compare 3 below), Jeremiah 18:18; Isaiah 3:8; זַעַם ל׳ Hosea 7:16 (but text dubious, compare We Now), חֶרֶב חַדָּה ל׳ Psalm 57:6, compare Psalm 64:4; כְּמוֺ נָחָשׁ שָֽׁנְנוּ ל׳ Psalm 140:4; תָּקוּם אִתָּךְ כָּללֿ׳ Isaiah 54:17; הֶאֱרִיךְ ל׳ Isaiah 57:4; further, Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 9:4; as instrument of seductive flattery (הֶחֱלִיק), without בְּ, Psalm 5:10; Proverbs 28:33, compare נָכְרִיָּה חֶלְקַת לָ׳ Proverbs 6:24;. of falsehood Psalm 78:36 (compare below); of slander (compare לושֵׁן) רָגַל עַללֿ׳ Psalm 15:3, אִישׁ לָשׁוֺן Psalm 140:12, compare סָ֑תֶר לְ׳ Proverbs 25:33; חָטָא בְּל׳ Psalm 39:2; compare Psalm 64:9 (text dubious, see Hup Che Bae); moral qualities ascribed to: — as arrogant Psalm 12:5 (compare Psalm 12:4 above); as devising injuries, הַוּוֺת תַּחְשֹׁב ל׳ Psalm 52:4, compare הַוֺת לְ׳ Proverbs 17:4; תַּצְמִיד מִרְמָה ל׳ Psalm 50:19 nectere fraudem; מֵרָ֑ע נְצֹר ל׳ Psalm 34:14 ׅ || (וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ מִדַּבֵּר מִרְמָה; often of lying tongue: לְשׁוֺן שֶׁקֶר Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 12:19; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 26:28; Psalm 109:2; מִרְמָה לְ׳ Psalm 52:6; רְמִיָּה לָ׳ Micah 6:12; Psalm 120:2; Psalm 120:3; תַּרְמִית לְ׳ Zephaniah 3:13; תַּהְפֻּכוֹת לְ׳ Proverbs 10:31, and בִּל׳ נֶהְפָּךְ Proverbs 17:20; עֲרוּמִים ל׳Job 15:5; also מִרְמָה דִּבֵּ֑ר ל׳ Jeremiah 9:7; on the other hand צַדִּיק לְ׳ Proverbs 10:20; חֲכָמִים ל׳ Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 15:2; לָ׳ מַרְפֵּה מַרְמֵּה לָ׳ Proverbs 15:4; לִמּוּדִים לְ׳ Isaiah 50:4. — Note phrases שׁוֺט ל׳ Job 5:21 scourge of (the) tongue, רִיב לְשֹׁנוֺת Psalm 31:21; לְשׁוֺנָם פַּלַּג Psalm 55:10: also בַּעַל הַלּ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:11 (of serpent-charmer), and וַתֵּעֲלוּ עַלשְֿׂפַת ל׳ Ezekiel 36:3. — On tongue of י׳ (once), see 4 below.
†c. organ of singing, subject of רָנַן Psalm 51:16; Psalm 126:2; Isaiah 35:6, עָנָה Psalm 119:172.
2. = language Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 5:15 and later, namely: Ezekiel 3:5, 6 (כִּבְדֵי ל׳, || עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה, but strike out Greek Version of the LXX Manuscripts Co SgfrKauAT), Isaiah 28:11 (|| אַחֶרֶת ל׳, לַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה, figurative of י׳'s unintelligible dealings); עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג ל׳ Isaiah 33:19 (|| עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה); Isaiah 66:18 (|| גּוֺיִם), Zechariah 8:23; Genesis 10:5, 20, 31 (all P), Nehemiah 13:24; Esther 1:22 (twice in verse); Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:4.
3. tongue of animals: dog Exodus 11:7 (J; object of I. חָרַץ which see; compare 1b), Psalm 68:24; adder Job 20:16 (subjectof תַּהֲרֹג); crocodile Job 40:25.
4. tongue of fire, devouring, כֶּאֱכֹל קַשׁ לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24; compare of י׳, וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ כְּאֵשׁ אֹכָ֑לֶת Isaiah 30:27 (|| שְׂפָתָיו מָֽלְאוּ זַעַם).
5. = (tongue-shaped) wedge of gold Joshua 7:21, 24 (JE). **So Assyrian lišânu; see MeissnZAW xxlii {1905}, 151 f. JohnsAssyrian Deeds 2, 281.
6. = (tongue-shaped) bay of sea Isaiah 11:15; Joshua 15:2, 5; Joshua 18:19 (all P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 11:7; 11:7

Deuteronomy

28:49

Joshua

7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 10:21; 15:2; 15:2; 15:5; 18:19

Judges

7:5; 7:5

2 Samuel

23:2; 23:2

Nehemiah

13:24

Esther

1:22; 1:22; 3:12; 8:9

Job

5:21; 6:30; 15:5; 20:12; 20:16; 27:4; 29:10; 33:2

Psalms

5:10; 10:7; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 15:3; 22:16; 31:21; 31:21; 34:14; 34:14; 35:28; 37:30; 39:2; 45:2; 50:19; 51:16; 52:4; 52:6; 55:10; 57:6; 64:4; 64:9; 66:17; 68:24; 71:24; 73:9; 78:36; 109:2; 119:172; 120:2; 120:3; 126:2; 137:6; 139:4; 140:4; 140:12

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; 26:28; 31:26

Ecclesiastes

10:11

Song of Songs

4:11

Isaiah

3:8; 5:24; 11:15; 28:11; 28:11; 30:27; 32:4; 33:19; 35:6; 41:17; 45:23; 50:4; 54:17; 57:4; 59:3; 59:3; 66:18; 66:18

Jeremiah

5:15; 9:2; 9:4; 9:7; 9:7; 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; 8:23; 14:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3956 matches the Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lāšôn),
which occurs 117 times in 115 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Psa 71:24–Jer 9:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 -

My tongue H3956 also will tell of Your righteousness all day long;

For they are put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek [fn]my harm.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:9 -

They have set their mouth [fn]against the heavens,

And their tongue H3956 [fn]parades through the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:36 -

But they flattered Him with their mouth

And lied to Him with their tongue H3956.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:2 -

For they have opened a [fn]wicked and deceitful mouth against me;

They have spoken [fn]against me with a lying tongue H3956.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:172 -

Let my tongue H3956 sing about Your [fn]word,

For all Your commandments are righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:2 -

Rescue my soul, LORD, from lying lips,

From a deceitful tongue H3956.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:3 -

What will He give to you, and what more will He do to you,

You deceitful tongue H3956?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2 -

Then our mouth was filled with laughter

And our tongue H3956 with joyful shouting;

Then they said among the nations,

“The LORD has done great things for them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 -

May my tongue H3956 cling to the roof of my mouth

If I do not remember you,

If I do not [fn]exalt Jerusalem

Above my chief joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4 -

[fn]Even before there is a word on my tongue H3956,

Behold, LORD, You know it all.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 -

They sharpen their tongues H3956 like a snake;

The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 -

“May a [fn]slanderer H3956 not endure on the earth;

May evil hunt a violent person [fn]violently.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:17 -

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue H3956,

And hands that shed innocent blood,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24 -

To keep you from the evil woman,

From the smooth tongue H3956 of the foreign woman.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 -

The tongue H3956 of the righteous is like choice silver,

The heart of the wicked is worth little.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:31 -

The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,

But the perverted tongue H3956 will be cut out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:18 -

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,

But the tongue H3956 of the wise brings healing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19 -

Truthful lips will endure forever,

But a lying tongue H3956 is only for a moment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2 -

The tongue H3956 of the wise makes knowledge pleasant,

But the mouth of fools spouts foolishness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:4 -

A [fn]soothing tongue H3956 is a tree of life,

But perversion in it [fn]crushes the spirit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1 -

The plans of the heart belong to a person,

But the answer of the tongue H3956 is from the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 -

An evildoer listens to wicked lips;

A [fn]liar pays attention to a destructive tongue H3956.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:20 -

One who has a crooked [fn]mind finds nothing good,

And one who is [fn]corrupted in his language H3956 falls into evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 -

Death and life are in the [fn]power of the tongue H3956,

And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 -

The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue H3956

Is a fleeting vapor, the [fn]pursuit of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 -

One who guards his mouth and his tongue H3956,

Guards his soul from troubles.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:15 -

Through [fn]patience a ruler may be persuaded,

And a gentle tongue H3956 breaks bone.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 -

The north wind brings rain,

And a [fn]gossiping tongue H3956 brings an angry face.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28 -

A lying tongue H3956 hates [fn]those it crushes,

And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 -

One who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor

Than one who flatters with the tongue H3956.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:26 -

She opens her mouth in wisdom,

And the [fn]teaching of kindness is on her tongue H3956.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If the serpent bites [fn]before being charmed, there is no benefit for the charmer H3956.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 -

“Your lips drip honey, my bride;

Honey and milk are under your tongue H3956,

And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 -

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,

Because their [fn]speech H3956 and their actions are against the LORD,

To rebel against [fn]His glorious presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 -

Therefore, as a tongue H3956 of fire consumes stubble,

And dry grass collapses in the flame,

So their root will become like rot, and their blossom [fn]blow away like dust;

For they have rejected the Law of the LORD of armies,

And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 -

And the LORD will [fn]utterly destroy

The tongue H3956 of the [fn]Sea of Egypt;

And He will wave His hand over the Euphrates River

With His scorching wind;

And He will strike it into seven streams

And make people walk over in dry sandals.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:11 -

Indeed, He will speak to this people

Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue H3956,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 -

Behold, the name of the LORD comes from a [fn]remote place;

His anger is burning and [fn]dense with [fn]smoke;

His lips are filled with indignation,

And His tongue H3956 is like a consuming fire;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:4 -

The [fn]mind of the rash will discern the [fn]truth,

And the tongue H3956 of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 -

You will no longer see a fierce people,

A people of [fn]unintelligible speech [fn]which no one comprehends,

Of a stammering tongue H3956 [fn]which no one understands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 -

Then those who limp will leap like a deer,

And the tongue H3956 of those who cannot speak will shout for joy.

For waters will burst forth in the wilderness,

And streams in the [fn]desert.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:17 -

“The poor and needy are seeking water, but there is none,

And their tongues H3956 are parched with thirst.

I, the LORD, will answer them Myself;

As the God of Israel I will not abandon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 -

“I have sworn by Myself;

The word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness

And will not turn back,

That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue H3956 will swear allegiance.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:4 -

The Lord [fn]GOD has given Me the tongue H3956 of disciples,

So that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.

He awakens Me morning by morning,

He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:17 -

“No weapon that is formed against you will succeed;

And you will condemn every tongue H3956 that [fn]accuses you in judgment.

This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,

And their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 -

“Of whom do you make fun?

Against whom do you open wide your mouth

And stick out your tongue H3956?

Are you not children of rebellion,

Offspring of deceit,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 -

For your hands are defiled with blood,

And your fingers with wrongdoing;

Your lips have spoken deceit,

Your tongue H3956 mutters wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 -

“For I [fn]know their works and their thoughts; [fn]the time is coming to gather all the nations and tongues H3956. And they shall come and see My glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 -

“Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from far away, you house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

“It is an enduring nation,

It is an ancient nation,

A nation whose language H3956 you do not know,

Nor can you understand what they say.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 -

“They bend their tongues H3956 like their bows;

Lies and not truth prevail in the land;

For they proceed from evil to evil,

And they do not know Me,” declares the LORD.


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