Strong’s H3956 · Hebrew
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn · law-shone'
Origin or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from לָשַׁן (H3960);
Meaning 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)
In the King James Version [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
In 114 verses of the King James Version
51–100 of 114
- Psalms 71:24My 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.
- Psalms 73:9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
- Psalms 78:36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
- Psalms 109:2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- Psalms 119:172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
- Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
- Psalms 120:3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
- Psalms 126:2Then 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.
- Psalms 137:6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Psalms 139:4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
- Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Proverbs 6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
- Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
- Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
- Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
- Proverbs 15:4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
- Proverbs 16:1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
- Proverbs 17:4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
- Proverbs 17:20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
- Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
- Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
- Proverbs 21:23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
- Proverbs 25:15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
- Proverbs 25:23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
- Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- Proverbs 28:23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- Proverbs 31:26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
- Song of Songs 4:11Thy 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 3:8For 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 5:24Therefore 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: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 11:15And 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.
- Isaiah 28:11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
- Isaiah 30:27Behold, 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:
- Isaiah 32:4The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
- Isaiah 33:19Thou 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.
- Isaiah 35:6Then 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 41:17When 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 45:23I 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 50:4The 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 54:17No 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 57:4Against 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 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
- Isaiah 66:18For 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 5:15Lo, 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 9:3And 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 9:5And 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.