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Lexicon

לָשׁוֹן

la.shontongueHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun117 occurrences22 books115 verses

Definition

or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960; 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)
Traditional renderings: babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לָשׁוֹן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

117 total
  1. Jeremiah 5:15לְשֹׁנ֔וֹ · whose language
    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.
  2. Jeremiah 9:3לְשׁוֹנָם֙ · their tongues
    “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.
  3. Jeremiah 9:5לְשׁוֹנָ֛ם · their tongues
    Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
  4. Jeremiah 9:8לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם · Their tongues
    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.
  5. Jeremiah 18:18בַלָּשׁ֔וֹן
    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.”
  6. Jeremiah 23:31לְשׁוֹנָ֔ם · their own tongues
    “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
  7. Lamentations 4:4לְשׁ֥וֹן · tongue
    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.
  8. Ezekiel 3:5לָשׁ֖וֹן · language
    For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
  9. Ezekiel 3:6לָשׁ֔וֹן · language
    …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.
  10. Ezekiel 3:26וּלְשֽׁוֹנְךָ֙ · I will make your 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.
  11. Ezekiel 36:3לָשׁ֖וֹן · of [their] talkers
    …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,
  12. Daniel 1:4וּלְשׁ֥וֹן · the language
    …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.
  13. Hosea 7:16לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם · of their tongue
    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.
  14. Micah 6:12וּלְשׁוֹנָ֖ם · their tongues
    For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
  15. Zephaniah 3:13לְשׁ֣וֹן · tongue
    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.”
  16. Zechariah 8:23לְשֹׁנ֣וֹת · tongue
    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.’”
  17. Zechariah 14:12וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹ · and their tongues
    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.