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 3 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.
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.4
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.7
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
Read word by word“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
Read word by wordThe nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
Read word by wordFor you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
Read word by wordnot to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
Read word by wordI will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
Read word by wordtherefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
Read word by wordyoung men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
Read word by wordThey turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordFor the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Read word by wordThe remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
Read word by wordAnd this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
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