לָשַׁן
lāšan
use the tongue
Strong's H3960VerbHebrewTWOT 1131

לָשַׁן (lāšan) is a Hebrew verb meaning use the tongue. It appears 3 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3960).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1131)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1131)use the tongue, slander; wag the tongue, calumniate; accuse
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לָשַׁן verb, denominative: use the tongue, slander

use the tongue, only specifically slander

Strong's H3960 לָשַׁן: to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
KJV:accuse, slander.

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.

See it in Scripture

Psalms 101:5Proverbs 30:10

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