Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H3956

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Original: לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון

Transliteration: lashon lashon leshonah (lâshôn lâshôn leshônâh)

Phonetic: law-shone'

BDB Definition:

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)

Origin: from H3960

TWOT entry: 1131a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition: 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.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (115x)

According To The Language (1x)

After His Tongue (1x)

After Their Language (3x)

After Their Tongues (2x)

And According To Their Language (1x)

And Every Tongue (1x)

And His Tongue (3x)

And I Will Make Thy Tongue (1x)

And In Her Tongue (1x)

And My Tongue (2x)

And Our Tongue (1x)

And The Tongue (3x)

And The Wedge (1x)

And Their Tongue (5x)

And Thy Tongue (1x)

And Tongues (1x)

Bay (1x)

Because Their Tongue (1x)

But According To The Language (1x)

But The Tongue (1x)

Every Tongue (1x)

From The Bay (2x)

Him With The Tongue (1x)

His Tongue (2x)

I With My Tongue (1x)

In My Tongue (3x)

It Under His Tongue (1x)

Language (2x)

Let Not An Evil Speaker (1x)

Me The Tongue (1x)

My Tongue (6x)

Nor My Tongue (1x)

Not With His Tongue (1x)

Not With My Tongue (1x)

Of Talkers (1x)

Of The Tongue (4x)

Of Their Tongue (1x)

Of Tongues (1x)

Or His Tongue (1x)

Out Of All Languages (1x)

So They Shall Make Their Own Tongue (1x)

The Tongue (8x)

Thee, Let My Tongue (1x)

Their Tongue (4x)

Their Tongues (4x)

Thy Tongue (2x)

Tongue (19x)

Under His Tongue (1x)

Under Thy Tongue (1x)

Unto Him With Their Tongues (1x)

Wedge (1x)

Whose Language (1x)

Whose Tongue (1x)

With His Tongue (1x)

With Our Tongue (1x)

With The Tongue (1x)

With Their Tongue (1x)

Your Tongue (1x)

All Occurrences

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 12:19

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.(a)

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.(b)

Proverbs 16:1

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord .(a)

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Proverbs 17:20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.(i)

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 25:15

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.(h)

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Proverbs 31:26

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Thy 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

For 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 11:15

And 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.(i)

Isaiah 28:11

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.(f)

(g)

Isaiah 30:27

Behold, 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:(k)

(l)

Isaiah 32:4

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.(b)

(c)

Isaiah 33:19

Thou 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.(k)

Isaiah 35:6

Then 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

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

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

The 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

No 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

Against 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

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

Isaiah 66:18

For 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

Lo, 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

And 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

And 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.(c)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H3956

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H3956