לָשׁוֹן (lāšôn) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning tongue. It appears
117 times
in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3956).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1131a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1131a)tongue; language; wedge; bay; babbler, evil speaker, talker
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
לָשׁוֹןnoun, masculine: tongue
1.tongue of men
2.language
3.tongue of animals
4.tongue of fire
5.(tongue-shaped) wedge of gold
6.(tongue-shaped) bay of sea
Strong's H3956לָשׁוֹן: 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:babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1131: לָשַׁןlāšan — use the tongue, slander; wag the tongue, calumniate; accuse