: 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 · לִלְשֹׁנ֑וֹOf these were the isles of the nations 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 lands, 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 Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for 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 Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.Deuteronomy 28:49 · לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;Joshua 7:21 · וּלְשׁ֨וֹןwhen I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, 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 mantle, 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 up unto the valley of Achor.Joshua 10:21 · לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃that 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 uttermost part 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 the Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan;Joshua 18:19 · לְשׁ֤וֹןand the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.Judges 7:5 · בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹSo he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah 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 Jehovah spake by me, And his word was upon 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 should speak according to the language of his people.Esther 3:12 · כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹThen were the king’s scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king’s satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was 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 Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a 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 injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?Job 15:5 · לְשׁ֣וֹןFor thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, 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 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗יSurely my lips shall not speak uprighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.Job 29:10 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םThe voice of the nobels was hushed, 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 a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?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 oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.Psalm 12:3 · לָ֝שׁ֗וֹןJehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great 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 · לְשֹׁנ֗וֹHe that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;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׃In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt 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 talk of thy righteousness And of thy praise all the day long.Psalm 37:30 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹThe mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.Psalm 39:1 · בִלְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥יFor the Chief Musician, for 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 · לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗יFor the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak 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 very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.Psalm 52:4 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.Psalm 55:9 · לְשׁוֹנָ֑םDestroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.Psalm 57:4 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םMy soul is among lions; I lie 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 have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,Psalm 64:8 · לְשׁוֹנָ֑םSo they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.Psalm 66:17 · לְשׁוֹנִֽי׃I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue.Psalm 68:23 · לְשׁ֥וֹןThat thou mayest crush them, dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.Psalm 71:24 · לְשׁוֹנִ֗יMy tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.Psalm 73:9 · וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םThey have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.Psalm 78:36 · וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗םBut they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.Psalm 109:2 · לְשׁ֣וֹןFor the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.Psalm 119:172 · לְ֭שׁוֹנִיLet my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.Psalm 120:2 · מִלָּשׁ֥וֹןDeliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue.Psalm 120:3 · לָשׁ֥וֹןWhat shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?Psalm 126:2 · וּלְשׁוֹנֵ֪נוּThen was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.Psalm 137:6 · לְשׁוֹנִ֨י׀Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.Psalm 139:4 · בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑יFor there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.Psalm 140:3 · לְשׁוֹנָם֮They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. [SelahPsalm 140:11 · לָשׁוֹן֮An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.Proverbs 6:17 · לְשׁ֣וֹןHaughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;Proverbs 6:24 · לָשׁ֥וֹןTo keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.Proverbs 10:20 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.Proverbs 10:31 · וּלְשׁ֥וֹןThe mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.Proverbs 12:18 · וּלְשׁ֖וֹןThere is that speaketh rashly 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 uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.Proverbs 15:4 · לָ֭שׁוֹןA gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.Proverbs 16:1 · לָשֽׁוֹן׃The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.Proverbs 17:4 · לְשׁ֥וֹןAn evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.Proverbs 17:20 · בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹHe that hath a wayward 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 vapor driven to and fro by 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 ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.Proverbs 25:23 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.Proverbs 26:28 · לְֽשׁוֹן־A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.Proverbs 28:23 · לָשֽׁוֹן׃He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.Proverbs 31:26 · לְשׁוֹנָֽהּ׃She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.Ecclesiastes 10:11 · הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.Song of Solomon 4:11 · לְשׁוֹנֵ֔ךְThy lips, O my bride, 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 Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.Isaiah 5:24 · לְשׁ֣וֹןTherefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 11:15 · לְשׁ֣וֹןAnd Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.Isaiah 28:11 · וּבְלָשׁ֖וֹןNay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;Isaiah 30:27 · וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹBehold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;Isaiah 32:4 · וּלְשׁ֣וֹןAnd the heart 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 the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.Isaiah 35:6 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThen shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.Isaiah 41:17 · לְשׁוֹנָ֖םThe poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Isaiah 45:23 · לָשֽׁוֹן׃By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.Isaiah 50:4 · לְשׁ֣וֹןThe Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.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 Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.Isaiah 57:4 · לָשׁ֑וֹןAgainst whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put 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 muttereth wickedness.Isaiah 66:18 · וְהַלְּשֹׁנ֑וֹתFor I know their works and their thoughts: the time cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.Jeremiah 5:15 · לְשֹׁנ֔וֹLo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: 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 tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.Jeremiah 9:5 · לְשׁוֹנָ֛םAnd they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.Jeremiah 9:8 · לְשׁוֹנָ֖םTheir tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.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 Jehovah, 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 · וּלְשׁ֥וֹןyouths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skilful in all wisdom, and endued with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.Hosea 7:16 · לְשׁוֹנָ֑םThey return, but not to him that is on 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 Jehovah of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they 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 Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.