Word Study · Strong's H3961 · Hebrew
לִשָּׁן
lishshan
lish-shawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lishshân
“speech, i.e. a nation”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
speech, i.e. a nation
Rendered in the KJV as
language.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א2
- וְלִשָּׁ֗ן1
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֗א1
- וְלִשָּׁ֣נַיָּ֔א1
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֖א1
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- and languages the5
- and language1
- and the languages1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- AC/Ncmpd/Ta · 6
- AC/Ncbsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Daniel7 occurrences
- Daniel 3:4וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃velishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:here: and the languages
- Daniel 3:7וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֗אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.here: and languages the
- Daniel 3:29וְלִשָּׁ֗ןvelishanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularTherefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”here: and language
- Daniel 4:1וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.here: and languages the
- Daniel 5:19וְלִשָּׁ֣נַיָּ֔אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.here: and languages the
- Daniel 6:25וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.here: and languages the
- Daniel 7:14וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֖אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.here: and languages the