לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn · law-shone'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960 (לָשַׁן);
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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Authority, the one who leads that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָשׁוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
117 occurrences · 117 OT · 0 NT · 78 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- tongue19 · 24%
- the tongue6 · 8%
- and their tongue5 · 6%
- and the tongue5 · 6%
- my tongue5 · 6%
- their tongues4 · 5%
- of the tongue4 · 5%
- and his tongue3 · 4%
- after their language3 · 4%
- their tongue3 · 4%
- and my tongue3 · 4%
- in my tongue2 · 3%
- his tongue2 · 3%
- thy tongue2 · 3%
- language2 · 3%
- after their tongues2 · 3%
- was in my tongue1 · 1%
- with his tongue1 · 1%
- was from the bay1 · 1%
- from the bay1 · 1%
- and the wedge1 · 1%
- bay1 · 1%
- wedge1 · 1%
- whose tongue1 · 1%
- after his tongue1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.