לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) means “tongue” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: law-shone' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
לָשׁוֹן · la.shon · 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)
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לָשׁוֹן · la.shon · tongue: language
: language 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)
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לָשׁוֹן · la.shon · tongue: bar
: bar/projection/bay 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)
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or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960 (לָשַׁן); 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)
KJV glosses: [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| tongue | 22 |
| their tongues | 8 |
| my tongue | 5 |
| your tongue | 5 |
| and my tongue | 3 |
| and their tongues | 3 |
| his tongue | 3 |
| language | 3 |
| of the tongue | 3 |
| the tongue | 3 |
| tongues | 3 |
| and his tongue | 2 |
| in their own language | 2 |
| languages | 2 |
| the language | 2 |
| their own tongues | 2 |
| with my tongue | 2 |
| with their tongues | 2 |
| a word | 1 |
| according to their languages | 1 |
| and he whose tongue | 1 |
| and language | 1 |
| and the language | 1 |
| and tongue | 1 |
| and tongues | 1 |
| and your tongue | 1 |
| as a tongue | 1 |
| at the bay | 1 |
| bar | 1 |
| bay | 1 |
| but the tongue | 1 |
| her tongue | 1 |
| i will make your tongue | 1 |
| in a language | 1 |
| is on my tongue | 1 |
| may my tongue | 1 |
| of my tongue | 1 |
| of their talkers | 1 |
| of their tongue | 1 |
| on my tongue | 1 |
| or of | 1 |
| or tie down his tongue | 1 |
| our tongues | 1 |
| the bar | 1 |
| the bay | 1 |
| the fangs | 1 |
| the gulf | 1 |
| the tongues | 1 |
| their speech | 1 |
| then my tongue | 1 |
| they spoke | 1 |
| whose language | 1 |
| whose tongues | 1 |
| with his tongue | 1 |
| with our tongues | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| tongue | 19 |
| the tongue | 8 |
| my tongue | 6 |
| and their tongue | 5 |
| of the tongue | 4 |
| their tongue | 4 |
| their tongues | 4 |
| after their language | 3 |
| and his tongue | 3 |
| and the tongue | 3 |
| in my tongue | 3 |
| after their tongues | 2 |
| and my tongue | 2 |
| from the bay | 2 |
| his tongue | 2 |
| language | 2 |
| thy tongue | 2 |
| according to the language | 1 |
| after his tongue | 1 |
| and a babbler | 1 |
| and according to their language | 1 |
| and every tongue | 1 |
| and i will make thy tongue | 1 |
| and in her tongue | 1 |
| and our tongue | 1 |
| and the flame | 1 |
| and the wedge | 1 |
| and thy tongue | 1 |
| and tongues | 1 |
| bay | 1 |
| because their tongue | 1 |
| but according to the language | 1 |
| but the tongue | 1 |
| every tongue | 1 |
| him with the tongue | 1 |
| i with my tongue | 1 |
| it under his tongue | 1 |
| let not an evil speaker | 1 |
| me the tongue | 1 |
| nor my tongue | 1 |
| not with his tongue | 1 |
| not with my tongue | 1 |
| of talkers | 1 |
| of their tongue | 1 |
| of tongues | 1 |
| or his tongue | 1 |
| out of all languages | 1 |
| so they shall make their own tongue | 1 |
| thee let my tongue | 1 |
| under his tongue | 1 |
| under thy tongue | 1 |
| unto him with their tongues | 1 |
| wedge | 1 |
| whose language | 1 |
| whose tongue | 1 |
| with his tongue | 1 |
| with our tongue | 1 |
| with the tongue | 1 |
| with their tongue | 1 |
| your tongue | 1 |
Page 1 of 3. 115 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
Read word by wordThese are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
Read word by wordThese are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
Read word by word“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
Read word by wordBut among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
Read word by wordThe LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Read word by wordWhen I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Read word by wordThen Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
Read word by wordThe whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
Read word by wordTheir southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
Read word by wordThe eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,
Read word by wordThe border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.
Read word by wordSo Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
Read word by wordThe Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
Read word by wordHalf of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
Read word by wordHe sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
Read word by wordOn the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
Read word by wordAt once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
Read word by wordYou will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
Read word by wordIs there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
Read word by wordFor your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Read word by wordThough evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
Read word by wordHe will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
Read word by wordmy lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Read word by wordThe voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
Read word by wordBehold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
Read word by word“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.25
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.10
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Read word by wordMay the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.4
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.5
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
Read word by wordMy strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.16
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.21
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 34.14
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
Read word by wordThe mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Read word by wordFor the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.2
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.4
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 45.2
You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
Read word by wordDeliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 51.16
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 52.4
You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 52.6
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 55.10
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 57.5
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 64.4
They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 64.9
I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
Read word by wordthat your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.24
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