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Hebrew noun · H3956

לָשׁוֹן

lashonlaw-shone'

tongue

117 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: lâshôwn

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3956is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 22 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 78
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3956

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)

The King James renders it: [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

lashon is rendered "tongue". It stands 117 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-two books.

  • Thirty-five of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 10:5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
  • The Greek text spells it seventy-eight different ways.

The first use

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

Genesis 10:5לִלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • tongue13
  • tongue their12
  • a tongue of10
  • tongue my8
  • tongue of8
  • and tongue their4
  • tongue his4
  • tongue your4
  • a tongue3
  • according to language its3
  • and tongue his3
  • and tongue my3

and 34 more, 117 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 117, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

78 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • לְשׁ֣וֹן15
  • לָשׁ֖וֹן4
  • לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם4
  • וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם3
  • לְשׁ֥וֹן3
  • לָשֽׁוֹן׃3
  • לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃3
  • וּלְשׁ֥וֹן2
  • וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹ2
  • וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי2
  • כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ2
  • לָשׁ֥וֹן2

and 66 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)20HNcbsc
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular17HNcbsa
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural12HNcbsc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular8HNcbsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8HNcbsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HC/Ncbsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural4HC/Ncbsc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HC/Ncbsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HR/Ncbsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HC/Ncbsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncbsc

Genesis

three uses
  • From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

    Genesis 10:5

    • לִלְשֹׁנ֑וֹlilshonopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to own language its
  • These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

    Genesis 10:20

    • לִלְשֹֽׁנֹתָ֑םlilshonotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to languages their
  • These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

    Genesis 10:31

    • לִלְשֹׁנֹתָ֑םlilshonotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to languages their

Exodus

two uses
  • “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.”

    Exodus 4:10

    • לָשׁ֖וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • But 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.

    Exodus 11:7

    • לְשֹׁנ֔וֹleshononoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: tongue its

Deuteronomy

one use
  • The 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,

    Deuteronomy 28:49

    • לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃leshononoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: language its

Joshua

six uses
  • When 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.”

    Joshua 7:21

    • וּלְשׁ֨וֹןuleshonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a wedge of
  • Then 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.

    Joshua 7:24

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wedge of
  • The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.

    Joshua 10:21

    • לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃leshononoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: tongue his
  • Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

    Joshua 15:2

    • הַלָּשֹׁ֖ןhalashonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the bay
  • The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

    Joshua 15:5

    • מִלְּשׁ֣וֹןmileshonpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from bay of
  • The 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.

    Joshua 18:19

    • לְשׁ֤וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bay of

Judges

one use
  • So Gideon brought the people 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.”

    Judges 7:5

    • בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹbilshonopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: with tongue his

2 Samuel

one use
  • The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

    2 Samuel 23:2

    • לְשׁוֹנִֽי׃leshoninoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue my

Nehemiah

one use
  • Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

    Nehemiah 13:24

    • וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹןvekhilshonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and according to language of

Esther

five uses
  • He 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.

    Esther 1:22

    • כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹkilshonopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to language its
    • כִּלְשׁ֥וֹןkilshonpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to language of
  • On 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.

    Esther 3:12

    • כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹkilshonopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to language its
  • At 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.

    Esther 8:9

    • כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹkilshonopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to language its
    • וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃vekhilshonamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and according to language their

Job

nine uses
  • You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

    Job 5:21

    • לָ֭שׁוֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?

    Job 6:30

    • בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֥יbilshonipreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: on tongue my
  • For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

    Job 15:5

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongue of
  • Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

    Job 20:12

    • לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃leshononoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: tongue his
  • He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

    Job 20:16

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongue of
  • my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

    Job 27:4

    • וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗יuleshoniconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and tongue my
  • The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

    Job 29:10

    • וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םuleshonamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and tongue their
  • Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

    Job 33:2

    • לְשׁוֹנִ֣יleshoninoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue my
  • “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

    Job 41:1

    • לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃leshononoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: tongue its

Psalms

thirty-five uses
  • For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

    Psalms 5:9

    • לְ֝שׁוֹנָ֗םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

    Psalms 10:7

    • לְ֝שׁוֹנ֗וֹleshononoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: tongue his
  • May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

    Psalms 12:3

    • לָ֝שׁ֗וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a tongue
  • They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

    Psalms 12:4

    • לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּlilshonenupreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: to tongues our
  • who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

    Psalms 15:3

    • לְשֹׁנ֗וֹleshononoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: tongue his
  • My 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.

    Psalms 22:15

    • וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִיuleshoniconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and tongue my
  • You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

    Psalms 31:20

    • לְשֹׁנֽוֹת׃leshonotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tongues
  • Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

    Psalms 34:13

    • לְשׁוֹנְךָ֣leshonkhanoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: tongue your
  • Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.

    Psalms 35:28

    • וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִיuleshoniconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and tongue my
  • The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

    Psalms 37:30

    • וּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹuleshonoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and tongue his
  • 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.”

    Psalms 39:1

    • בִלְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥יvilshonipreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: with tongue my
  • My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

    Psalms 39:3

    • בִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי׃bilshonipreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: with tongue my
  • 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.

    Psalms 45:1

    • לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗יleshoninoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue my
  • You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

    Psalms 50:19

    • וּ֝לְשׁוֹנְךָ֗uleshonkhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and tongue your
  • Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

    Psalms 51:14

    • לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗יleshoninoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue my
  • Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

    Psalms 52:2

    • לְשׁוֹנֶ֑ךָleshonekhanoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: tongue your
  • You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

    Psalms 52:4

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

    Psalms 55:9

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֑םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • 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.

    Psalms 57:4

    • וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םuleshonamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and tongue their
  • who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

    Psalms 64:3

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֑םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

    Psalms 64:8

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֑םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.

    Psalms 66:17

    • לְשׁוֹנִֽי׃leshoninoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue my
  • that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

    Psalms 68:23

    • לְשׁ֥וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongue of
  • My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

    Psalms 71:24

    • לְשׁוֹנִ֗יleshoninoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue my
  • They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

    Psalms 73:9

    • וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םuleshonamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and tongue their
  • But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

    Psalms 78:36

    • וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗םuvilshonamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and with tongue their
  • For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

    Psalms 109:2

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

    Psalms 119:172

    • לְ֭שׁוֹנִיleshoninoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue my
  • Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

    Psalms 120:2

    • מִלָּשׁ֥וֹןmilashonpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: from a tongue
  • What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

    Psalms 120:3

    • לָשׁ֥וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: O tongue
  • Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

    Psalms 126:2

    • וּלְשׁוֹנֵ֪נוּuleshonenuconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and tongue our
  • May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

    Psalms 137:6

    • לְשׁוֹנִ֨י׀leshoninoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue my
  • Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

    Psalms 139:4

    • בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑יbilshonipreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: on tongue my
  • They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

    Psalms 140:3

    • לְשׁוֹנָם֮leshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

    Psalms 140:11

    • לָשׁוֹן֮lashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue

Proverbs

nineteen uses
  • haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

    Proverbs 6:17

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

    Proverbs 6:24

    • לָשׁ֥וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

    Proverbs 10:20

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongue of
  • The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

    Proverbs 10:31

    • וּלְשׁ֥וֹןuleshonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a tongue of
  • Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

    Proverbs 12:18

    • וּלְשׁ֖וֹןuleshonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tongue of
  • Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

    Proverbs 12:19

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.

    Proverbs 15:2

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongue of
  • A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

    Proverbs 15:4

    • לָ֭שׁוֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

    Proverbs 16:1

    • לָשֽׁוֹן׃lashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

    Proverbs 17:4

    • לְשׁ֥וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

    Proverbs 17:20

    • בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹbilshonopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in tongue his
  • Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

    Proverbs 18:21

    • לָשׁ֑וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

    Proverbs 21:6

    • בִּלְשׁ֣וֹןbilshonpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by a tongue of
  • He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

    Proverbs 21:23

    • וּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹuleshonoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and tongue his
  • Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

    Proverbs 25:15

    • וְלָשׁ֥וֹןvelashonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a tongue
  • As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

    Proverbs 25:23

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

    Proverbs 26:28

    • לְֽשׁוֹן־leshonoshe-noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

    Proverbs 28:23

    • לָשֽׁוֹן׃lashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

    Proverbs 31:26

    • לְשׁוֹנָֽהּ׃leshonahnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: tongue her

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

    Ecclesiastes 10:11

    • הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃halashonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the tongue

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

    Song of Solomon 4:11

    • לְשׁוֹנֵ֔ךְleshonekhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: tongue your

Isaiah

fifteen uses
  • For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

    Isaiah 3:8

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֤םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

    Isaiah 5:24

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

    Isaiah 11:15

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongue of
  • Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

    Isaiah 28:11

    • וּבְלָשׁ֖וֹןuvelashonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and by a tongue
  • Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.

    Isaiah 30:27

    • וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹuleshonoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and tongue his
  • The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

    Isaiah 32:4

    • וּלְשׁ֣וֹןuleshonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tongue of
  • You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

    Isaiah 33:19

    • לָשׁ֖וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

    Isaiah 35:6

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongue of
  • The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

    Isaiah 41:17

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֖םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

    Isaiah 45:23

    • לָשֽׁוֹן׃lashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

    Isaiah 50:4

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of
  • No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

    Isaiah 54:17

    • לָשׁ֛וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

    Isaiah 57:4

    • לָשׁ֑וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a tongue
  • For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

    Isaiah 59:3

    • לְשׁוֹנְכֶ֖םleshonkhemnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue your
  • “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

    Isaiah 66:18

    • וְהַלְּשֹׁנ֑וֹתvehaleshonotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the languages

Jeremiah

six uses
  • Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

    Jeremiah 5:15

    • לְשֹׁנ֔וֹleshononoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: language its
  • “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 9:3

    • לְשׁוֹנָם֙leshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

    Jeremiah 9:5

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֛םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 9:8

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֖םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their
  • 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.”

    Jeremiah 18:18

    • בַלָּשׁ֔וֹןvalashonpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: with the tongue
  • “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”

    Jeremiah 23:31

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֔םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their

Lamentations

one use
  • The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

    Lamentations 4:4

    • לְשׁ֥וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongue of

Ezekiel

four uses
  • For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—

    Ezekiel 3:5

    • לָשׁ֖וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • not 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.

    Ezekiel 3:6

    • לָשׁ֔וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: tongue
  • I 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.

    Ezekiel 3:26

    • וּלְשֽׁוֹנְךָ֙uleshonkhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and tongue your
  • therefore 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,

    Ezekiel 36:3

    • לָשׁ֖וֹןlashonnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a tongue

Daniel

one use
  • young 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.

    Daniel 1:4

    • וּלְשׁ֥וֹןuleshonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tongue of

Hosea

one use
  • They 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.

    Hosea 7:16

    • לְשׁוֹנָ֑םleshonamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tongue their

Micah

one use
  • For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

    Micah 6:12

    • וּלְשׁוֹנָ֖םuleshonamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and tongue their

Zephaniah

one use
  • The 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.”

    Zephaniah 3:13

    • לְשׁ֣וֹןleshonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tongue of

Zechariah

two uses
  • This 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.’”

    Zechariah 8:23

    • לְשֹׁנ֣וֹתleshonotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tongues of
  • And 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.

    Zechariah 14:12

    • וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹuleshonoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and tongue its

The letters

Gematria 386· 1,036 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

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