: tongue/words 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
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H3956 — לָשׁוֹן
la.shon · tongue · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 10:5 · לִלְשֹׁנ֑וֹBy these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.Genesis 10:20 · לִלְשֹֽׁנֹתָ֑םThese [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in their nations.Genesis 10:31 · לִלְשֹׁנֹתָ֑םThese [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.Exodus 4:10 · לָשׁ֖וֹןAnd Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.Exodus 11:7 · לְשֹׁנ֔וֹBut against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.Deuteronomy 28:49 · לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;Joshua 7:21 · וּלְשׁ֨וֹןWhen I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.Joshua 7:24 · לְשׁ֣וֹןAnd Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.Joshua 10:21 · לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.Joshua 15:2 · הַלָּשֹׁ֖ןAnd their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:Joshua 15:5 · מִלְּשׁ֣וֹןAnd the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the end of Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:Joshua 18:19 · לְשׁ֤וֹןAnd the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this [was] the south coast.Judges 7:5 · בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹSo he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.2 Samuel 23:2 · לְשׁוֹנִֽי׃The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word [was] in my tongue.Nehemiah 13:24 · וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹןAnd their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.Esther 1:22 · כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ · כִּלְשׁ֥וֹןFor he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.Esther 3:12 · כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹThen were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and [to] every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.Esther 8:9 · כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ · וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.Job 5:21 · לָ֭שׁוֹןThou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.Job 6:30 · בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֥יIs there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?Job 15:5 · לְשׁ֣וֹןFor thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.Job 20:12 · לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;Job 20:16 · לְשׁ֣וֹןHe shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.Job 27:4 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗יMy lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.Job 29:10 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םThe nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.Job 33:2 · לְשׁוֹנִ֣יBehold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.Job 41:1 · לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?Psalm 5:9 · לְ֝שׁוֹנָ֗םFor [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.Psalm 10:7 · לְ֝שׁוֹנ֗וֹHis mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.Psalm 12:3 · לָ֝שׁ֗וֹןThe LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:Psalm 12:4 · לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּWho have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?Psalm 15:3 · לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ[He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.Psalm 22:15 · וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִיMy strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.Psalm 31:20 · לְשֹׁנֽוֹת׃Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.Psalm 34:13 · לְשׁוֹנְךָ֣Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.Psalm 35:28 · וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִיAnd my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.Psalm 37:30 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹThe mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.Psalm 39:1 · בִלְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥יTo the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.Psalm 39:3 · בִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי׃My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,Psalm 45:1 · לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗יTo the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.Psalm 50:19 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנְךָ֗Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.Psalm 51:14 · לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗יDeliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.Psalm 52:2 · לְשׁוֹנֶ֑ךָThy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.Psalm 52:4 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.Psalm 55:9 · לְשׁוֹנָ֑םDestroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.Psalm 57:4 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םMy soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.Psalm 64:3 · לְשׁוֹנָ֑םWho whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:Psalm 64:8 · לְשׁוֹנָ֑םSo they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.Psalm 66:17 · לְשׁוֹנִֽי׃I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.Psalm 68:23 · לְשׁ֥וֹןThat thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.Psalm 71:24 · לְשׁוֹנִ֗יMy tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.Psalm 73:9 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םThey set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.Psalm 78:36 · וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗םNevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.Psalm 109:2 · לְשׁ֣וֹןFor the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.Psalm 119:172 · לְ֭שׁוֹנִיMy tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness.Psalm 120:2 · מִלָּשׁ֥וֹןDeliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.Psalm 120:3 · לָשׁ֥וֹןWhat shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?Psalm 126:2 · וּלְשׁוֹנֵ֪נוּThen was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.Psalm 137:6 · לְשׁוֹנִ֨י׀If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.Psalm 139:4 · בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑יFor [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.Psalm 140:3 · לְשׁוֹנָם֮They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison [is] under their lips. Selah.Psalm 140:11 · לָשׁוֹן֮Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].Proverbs 6:17 · לְשׁ֣וֹןA proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,Proverbs 6:24 · לָשׁ֥וֹןTo keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.Proverbs 10:20 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.Proverbs 10:31 · וּלְשׁ֥וֹןThe mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.Proverbs 12:18 · וּלְשׁ֖וֹןThere is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.Proverbs 12:19 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.Proverbs 15:2 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.Proverbs 15:4 · לָ֭שׁוֹןA wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.Proverbs 16:1 · לָשֽׁוֹן׃The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.Proverbs 17:4 · לְשׁ֥וֹןA wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.Proverbs 17:20 · בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹHe that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.Proverbs 18:21 · לָשׁ֑וֹןDeath and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Proverbs 21:6 · בִּלְשׁ֣וֹןThe getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.Proverbs 21:23 · וּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹWhoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.Proverbs 25:15 · וְלָשׁ֥וֹןBy long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.Proverbs 25:23 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.Proverbs 26:28 · לְֽשׁוֹן־A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.Proverbs 28:23 · לָשֽׁוֹן׃He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.Proverbs 31:26 · לְשׁוֹנָֽהּ׃She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.Ecclesiastes 10:11 · הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.Song of Solomon 4:11 · לְשׁוֹנֵ֔ךְThy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.Isaiah 3:8 · לְשׁוֹנָ֤םFor Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings [are] against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.Isaiah 5:24 · לְשׁ֣וֹןTherefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 11:15 · לְשׁ֣וֹןAnd the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.Isaiah 28:11 · וּבְלָשׁ֖וֹןFor with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.Isaiah 30:27 · וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹBehold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and the burden [thereof is] heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:Isaiah 32:4 · וּלְשׁ֣וֹןThe heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.Isaiah 33:19 · לָשׁ֖וֹןThou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand.Isaiah 35:6 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThen shall the lame [man] leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.Isaiah 41:17 · לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, [I] the God of Israel will not forsake them.Isaiah 45:23 · לָשֽׁוֹן׃I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.Isaiah 50:4 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.Isaiah 54:17 · לָשׁ֛וֹןNo weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.Isaiah 57:4 · לָשׁ֑וֹןAgainst whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, [and] draw out the tongue? [are] ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,Isaiah 59:3 · לְשׁוֹנְכֶ֖םFor your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.Isaiah 66:18 · וְהַלְּשֹׁנ֑וֹתFor I [know] their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.Jeremiah 5:15 · לְשֹׁנ֔וֹLo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.Jeremiah 9:3 · לְשׁוֹנָם֙And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 9:5 · לְשׁוֹנָ֛םAnd they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.Jeremiah 9:8 · לְשׁוֹנָ֖םTheir tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.Jeremiah 18:18 · בַלָּשׁ֔וֹןThen said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.Jeremiah 23:31 · לְשׁוֹנָ֔םBehold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.Lamentations 4:4 · לְשׁ֥וֹןThe tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] unto them.Daniel 1:4 · וּלְשׁ֥וֹןChildren in whom [was] no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.Hosea 7:16 · לְשׁוֹנָ֑םThey return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.Micah 6:12 · וּלְשׁוֹנָ֖םFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.Zephaniah 3:13 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid.Zechariah 8:23 · לְשֹׁנ֣וֹתThus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard [that] God [is] with you.Zechariah 14:12 · וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹAnd this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.