Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H3961
לִשָּׁן
lishshanlish-shawn'
tongue
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lishshân
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3961is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3961
speech, i.e. a nation
The King James renders it: language.
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
lishshan is rendered "tongue". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Seven of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 3:4Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
Daniel 3:4וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's seven uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and languages the5
- and language1
- and the languages1
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 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א2
- וְלִשָּׁ֗ן1
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֗א1
- וְלִשָּׁ֣נַיָּ֔א1
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֖א1
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)6AC/Ncmpd/Ta
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular1AC/Ncbsa
Daniel
seven uses
Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃velishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and the languages
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.
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֗אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and languages the
Therefore 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.”
- וְלִשָּׁ֗ןvelishanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and language
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and languages the
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.
- וְלִשָּׁ֣נַיָּ֔אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and languages the
Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and languages the
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.
- וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֖אvelishanaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and languages the
The letters
Gematria 380· 1,030 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.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.