Strong's Definition
or lashon {law-shone'}; also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; 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)
KJV Usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) — tongue. : tongue/words 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) — tongue: language. : language 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) — tongue: bar. : bar/projection/bay 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun c · לשׁן
| ≈ פֶּה · שָׂפָה
tongue = the fleshy organ in the mouth, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in the case of humans) speaking
JDG 7:5 · 2SA 23:2 · JOB 5:21 · JOB 6:30 · JOB 15:5 · JOB 20:12 · JOB 20:16 · JOB 27:4 · JOB 29:10 · JOB 33:2 · JOB 40:25 · PSA 5:10 · PSA 10:7 · PSA 12:4 · PSA 12:5 · PSA 15:3 · PSA 22:16 · PSA 31:21 · PSA 34:14 · PSA 35:28 · PSA 37:30 · PSA 39:2 · PSA 39:4 · PSA 45:2 · PSA 50:19 · PSA 51:16 · PSA 52:4 · PSA 52:6 · PSA 57:5 · PSA 64:4 · PSA 64:9 · PSA 66:17 · PSA 68:24 · PSA 71:24 · PSA 73:9 · PSA 78:36 · PSA 109:2 · PSA 119:172 · PSA 120:2 · PSA 120:3 · PSA 126:2 · PSA 137:6 · PSA 139:4 · PSA 140:4 · PRO 6:17 · PRO 6:24 · PRO 10:20 · PRO 10:31 · PRO 12:18 · PRO 12:19 · PRO 15:2 · PRO 15:4 · PRO 16:1 · PRO 17:4 · PRO 17:20 · PRO 18:21 · PRO 21:6 · PRO 21:23 · PRO 25:15 · PRO 25:23 · PRO 26:28 · PRO 28:23 · PRO 31:26 · SNG 4:11 · ISA 3:8 · ISA 30:27 · ISA 32:4 · ISA 35:6 · ISA 41:17 · ISA 45:23 · ISA 50:4 · ISA 54:17 · ISA 57:4 · ISA 59:3 · JER 9:2 · JER 9:4 · JER 9:7 · JER 18:18 · JER 23:31 · LAM 4:4 · EZK 3:26 · EZK 36:3 · HOS 7:16 · MIC 6:12 · ZEP 3:13 · ZEC 14:12
Professions
Collocation: בַּעַל לָשֹׁון
snake charmer literally: master of the tongue; = person skilled in charming snakes
Languages | ≈ שָׁפָה
language literally: tongue; hence: = a system of communication used by a community, ethnic group, or nation
GEN 10:5 · GEN 10:20 · GEN 10:31 · DEU 28:49 · NEH 13:24 · EST 1:22 · EST 1:22 · EST 3:12 · EST 8:9 · EST 8:9 · PSA 55:10 · ISA 28:11 · ISA 33:19 · ISA 66:18 · JER 5:15 · EZK 3:5 · EZK 3:6 · DAN 1:4 · ZEC 8:23
Speak | verb qal
Collocation: חרץ לָשֹׁון
to speak (against), to say something bad (about), to bark, to growl literally: to sharpen one's tongue; hence: = action by which humans or animals show aggression to someone else with sounds or in speech
Speak
Collocation: אִישׁ לָשׁוֹן
slanderer literally: person of tongue; hence: = a human who speaks bad about alleged faults they find with other humans
Unable
Collocation: כְּבַד לָשֹׁון
slow of speaking literally: heavy of tongue; hence: = state in which one's tongue, does not function well
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לָשׁוֹן n.m. and (more oft.) f. tongue tongue of men
= language
tongue of animals
tongue of fire
= (tongue-shaped) wedge of gold
= (tongue-shaped) bay of sea
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