H3956 לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn) — the tongue (of man or animals)

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H3956

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.

Etymology: or לָשֹׁן ; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה ; from 3960 ;

Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

tongue. Usage: babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge. babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

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