לָשׁוֹן lashon

Hebrew word for “tongue” · Strong’s H3956 · used 117 times in 115 verses

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Meaning

: tongue/words; 1) tongue;

Senses in the lexicon

• tongue (93)
• tongue: language (18)
• tongue: bar (6)

How it is translated

Glosses given for lashon in context, with how often each is used:

• tongue 97
• language 8
• tongues 3
• languages 3
• bay 3
• wedge 2
• own language 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 10 (3), Jeremiah 9 (3), Ezekiel 3 (3), Joshua 7 (2), Joshua 15 (2), Job 20 (2), Psalms 12 (2), Psalms 39 (2), Psalms 52 (2), Psalms 64 (2)

Forms

• לשׁון 37
• לשׁונם 12
• לשׁוני 8
• לשׁנו 6
• ולשׁון 6
• בלשׁוני 4
• ולשׁונם 4
• ולשׁונו 4
• ולשׁוני 3
• לשׁונך 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with lashon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פֶּה peh “lip” 25
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 16
• שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 12
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 19
• רְמִיָּה remiyyah “deceit” 6
• חֵךְ chekh “palate” 6
• מִרְמָה mirmah “deceit” 6
• הָגָה hagah “to mutter” 5
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 9
• רַע ra “bad” 9
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 9
• דָּבַק davaq “to cleave” 5

Key verses

The verses using lashon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 28:49 — 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;
• Psalms 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
• Psalms 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.
• Isaiah 5:24 — Therefore 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:…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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 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…
• Jeremiah 18:18 — Then 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…
• Zechariah 8:23 — Thus 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.