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H8193שָׂפָה sâphâh — the lip (as a natural boundary)H3961לִשָּׁן lishshân — speech, i.e. a nationH3956לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn — 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)G1258διάλεκτος diálektos — a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect"H1697דָּבָר dâbâr — a wordH3066יְהוּדִית Yᵉhûwdîyth — the Jewish (used adverbially) language
Verses(5+)
- VersePsalms 19:3Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,
- VerseGenesis 11:1Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
- VerseNehemiah 13:24Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
- VerseJob 15:5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
- VerseActs 2:8How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH8193 שָׂפָה · sâphâh (Hebrew)the lip (as a natural boundary)
- WordH3961 לִשָּׁן · lishshân (Hebrew)speech, i.e. a nation
- WordH3956 לָשׁוֹן · lâshôwn (Hebrew)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)
- WordG1258 διάλεκτος · diálektos (Greek)a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect"
- WordH1697 דָּבָר · dâbâr (Hebrew)a word
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Feature Pages(5)
- FeatureHebrew Roots — the language of the Old TestamentHow the Hebrew alphabet works, why the letters carry numbers, and what makes Hebrew Hebrew — with a dedicated page for every one of the twenty-two letters.
- FeatureThe words your Bible left in their own languageAmen, hallelujah, hosanna, selah, abba, jot and tittle — the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words every English Bible declined to translate.
- FeatureGreek Roots — the language of the New TestamentHow the Greek alphabet was borrowed from Phoenician, why the letters carry numbers, and what makes Koine Koine — with a dedicated page for every one of the twenty-four letters.
- FeatureGamma (Γγ) — the Greek letterThe letter behind “it is written” — and behind every gospel that got written down.
- FeatureThe Reformation (1500–1600) — church historyOne monk's conscience, one printing press, and one open Bible. In a single century Scripture went from a chained Latin book to something a farmhand could read in his own language.
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceSirach 6:5Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 15:29Then they made a great shout and a noise, praising the Almighty in their own language.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 7:8But he answered in his own language, and said, No. Wherefore he also received the next torment in order, as the former did.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 12:37And with that he began in his own language, and sung psalms with a loud voice, and rushing unawares upon Gorgias’ men, he put them to flight.
- Study resourceBaruch 4:15For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.