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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3960 - לָשַׁן

Transliteration

lâshan

Phonetics

law-shan'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

1131

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to use the tongue, slander

1a) (Poel) to slander

1b) (Piel) to slander

1c) (Hiphil) to accuse

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3860 ‑ παραδίδωμι (par‑ad‑id'‑o‑mee); 2635 ‑ καταλαλέω (kat‑al‑al‑eh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

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Word

KJV (2)

Psalms

Proverbs

NAS (2)

Psalms

Proverbs

HCS (2)

Psalms

Proverbs

BSB (2)

Psalms

Proverbs

ESV (1)

Proverbs

WEB (2)

Psalms

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Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2325) n s l (לסהנ LShN) AC: Slander CO: Tongue AB: Language: The wagging of the tongue when talking or slandering.

V) n s l (לסהנ LShN) - Slander: To slander another as a wagging of the tongue. KJV (3): (vf: Hiphil, Piel) slander, accuse - Strongs: H3960 (לָשַׁן)

e^m) n s i l (ליסהנ LYShN) - Language: As coming from the movement of the tongue. [Aramaic only] KJV (7): language - Strongs: H3961 (לִשָּׁן)

c^m) n f s l (לסהונ LShWN) - I. Tongue: II. Language:As coming from the movement of the tongue. KJV (117): tongue, language, bay, wedge, babbler, flame, talker - Strongs: H3956 (לְשֹׁנָה)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לָשַׁן unused in Kal. [“But apparently signifying to lap, like the cognate words, لَسَّ, لسب, لسم compare לָחַשׁ. حس.”]

Poel לוֹשֵׁן denom. from לָשׁוֹן pr. to make tongue, to tongue, i.e. to use the tongue boldly (comp. Germ. Beine machen, used of any one running swiftly, fleeing); to slander (see לָשׁוֹן used of the tongue of a slanderer). Part. with suff. מְלוֹשְׁנִי, מְלָֽשְׁנִי קרי, for מְלַשְׁנִי, מְלַשְׁנִי, part. Piel, Psalms 101:5. (Arab. لَسَنَ to slander.)

Hiphil, id. Proverbs 30:10.

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List of Word Forms

מְלָשְׁנִ֬י מלשני תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן תלשן mə·lā·šə·nî məlāšənî melasheNi tal·šên talšên talShen

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