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לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn · Hebrew · Strong's H3956 · 117 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “language”
What it means
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)
or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960 (לָשַׁן);
How the KJV renders it
bay, language, talker, tongue, wedge
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
117 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
2 Samuel 23:2 HNcbsc/Sp1csDaniel 1:4 HC/NcbscDeuteronomy 28:49 HNcbsc/Sp3msEcclesiastes 10:11 HTd/NcbsaEsther 1:22 HR/NcbscEsther 3:12 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEsther 8:9 HC/R/Ncbsc/Sp3mpExodus 4:10 HNcbsaExodus 11:7 HNcbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 3:5 HNcbsaEzekiel 3:6 HNcbsaEzekiel 3:26 HC/Ncbsc/Sp2msEzekiel 36:3 HNcbsaGenesis 10:5 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msGenesis 10:20 HR/Ncbpc/Sp3mpGenesis 10:31 HR/Ncbpc/Sp3mpHosea 7:16 HNcbsc/Sp3mpIsaiah 3:8 HNcbsc/Sp3mpIsaiah 5:24 HNcbscIsaiah 11:15 HNcbscIsaiah 28:11 HC/R/NcbsaIsaiah 30:27 HC/Ncbsc/Sp3msIsaiah 32:4 HC/NcbscIsaiah 33:19 HNcbsaIsaiah 35:6 HNcbscIsaiah 41:17 HNcbsc/Sp3mpIsaiah 45:23 HNcbsaIsaiah 50:4 HNcbscIsaiah 54:17 HNcbsaIsaiah 57:4 HNcbsaIsaiah 59:3 HNcbsc/Sp2mpIsaiah 66:18 HC/Td/NcbpaJudges 7:5 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msJeremiah 5:15 HNcbsc/Sp3msJeremiah 9:3 HNcbsc/Sp3mpJeremiah 9:5 HNcbsc/Sp3mpJeremiah 9:8 HNcbsc/Sp3mpJeremiah 18:18 HRd/NcbsaJeremiah 23:31 HNcbsc/Sp3mpJob 5:21 HNcbsaJob 6:30 HR/Ncbsc/Sp1csJob 15:5 HNcbscJob 20:12 HNcbsc/Sp3msJob 20:16 HNcbscJob 27:4 HC/Ncbsc/Sp1csJob 29:10 HC/Ncbsc/Sp3mpJob 33:2 HNcbsc/Sp1csJob 41:1 HNcbsc/Sp3msJoshua 7:21 HC/NcbscJoshua 7:24 HNcbscJoshua 10:21 HNcbsc/Sp3msJoshua 15:2 HTd/NcbsaJoshua 15:5 HR/NcbscJoshua 18:19 HNcbscLamentations 4:4 HNcbscMicah 6:12 HC/Ncbsc/Sp3mpNehemiah 13:24 HC/R/NcbscProverbs 6:17 HNcbscProverbs 6:24 HNcbsaProverbs 10:20 HNcbsc
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.