Tongue
לָשׁוֹןStrong’s H3956lashon (la-shon)
Appears in 115 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lashon is the Hebrew word usually translated “tongue”, “tongue their” and “tongue of”. It appears in 115 verses of the Old Testament.
“Children 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.”
Meaning
- Tonguetongue (of men) · language · tongue (of animals) · tongue (of fire) · wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
How it's translated
- tongue 13
- tongue their 12
- a tongue of 10
- tongue my 8
- tongue of 8
- tongue his 4
- and tongue their 4
- tongue your 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 35
- Proverbs 19
- Isaiah 15
- Job 9
- Joshua 6
- Jeremiah 6
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 8:23In contextThus 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 14:12In contextAnd 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.
- Genesis 10:5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
- Genesis 10:31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
- Exodus 4:10And 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.
All 115 verses, by book
- Deuteronomy 1
- 28:49
- Judges 1
- 7:5
- 2 Samuel 1
- 23:2
- Nehemiah 1
- 13:24
- Psalms 35
- 5:910:712:312:415:322:1531:2034:1335:2837:3039:139:345:150:1951:1452:252:455:957:464:364:866:1768:2371:2473:978:36109:2119:172120:2120:3126:2137:6139:4140:3140:11
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 10:11
- Song of Solomon 1
- 4:11
- Lamentations 1
- 4:4
- Daniel 1
- 1:4
- Hosea 1
- 7:16
- Micah 1
- 6:12
- Zephaniah 1
- 3:13
Hebrew dictionary
לָשׁוֹן lashon · tongue
: 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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.