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G1100γλῶσσα glōssa — the tongueH3956לָשׁוֹן 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"G2084ἑτερόγλωσσος heteróglōssos — other- tongued, i.e. a foreignerH2790חָרַשׁ chârash — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, ploughG1351δίλογος dílogos — equivocal, i.e. telling a different
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Verses(5+)
- VerseProverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
- VerseProverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- VersePsalms 34:13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
- VersePsalms 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
- VersePsalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG1100 γλῶσσα · glōssa (Greek)the tongue
- 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"
- WordG2084 ἑτερόγλωσσος · heteróglōssos (Greek)other- tongued, i.e. a foreigner
- WordH2790 חָרַשׁ · chârash (Hebrew)to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough
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Feature Pages(3)
- FeatureThe TongueDeath and life are in the power of the tongue — Proverbs' speech-ethics kept as a two-column ledger, with the disciplines that guard the mouth and James 3 as the terminus.
- FeatureJames — the Study GuideNine stations where genuine faith is proven — trial, doing, partiality, works, the tongue, wisdom, worldliness, wealth, prayer — anchored to the Lord of glory and the coming of the Lord, with the Sermon on the Mount echoing underneath.
- FeatureGamma (Γγ) — the Greek letterThe letter behind “it is written” — and behind every gospel that got written down.
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceSirach 4:29Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.
- Study resourceSirach 28:15A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.
- Study resourceSirach 6:5Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
- Study resourceSirach 17:6Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart, gave he them to understand.
- Study resourceSirach 5:13Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.