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

Psalm 31:20

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

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psalm 35:28

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Psalm 39:1

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.(a)

Psalm 39:3

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Psalm 45:1

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.(a)

(b)

Psalm 50:19

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.(d)

Psalm 51:14

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.(c)

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 52:4

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.(b)

Psalm 55:9

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 57:4

My 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

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Psalm 64:8

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

Psalm 66:17

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

Psalm 68:23

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.(k)

Psalm 71:24

My 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

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Psalm 78:36

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

Psalm 109:2

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.(a)

(b)

Psalm 119:172

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Psalm 120:2

Deliver my soul, O Lord , from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 120:3

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?(a)

(b)

Psalm 126:2

Then 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.(b)

Psalm 137:6

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.(d)

Psalm 139:4

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord , thou knowest it altogether.

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

Psalm 140:11

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.(c)

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,(d)

Proverbs 6:24

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.(f)

Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

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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