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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Tongue

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

129exact KJV occurrences 96Old Testament 33New Testament 34books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 129occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 10:5

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 16:16

And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where tongue appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH3956
לָשׁוֹן

lâshôwn · law-shone'

89 times translated as this KJV form116 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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)

Strong's KJV usage: babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

Strong's first: Genesis 10:5Strong's last: Zechariah 14:12

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GreekG1258
διάλεκτος

diálektos · dee-al'-ek-tos

5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect"

Strong's KJV usage: :--language, tongue.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 1:19Strong's last: Acts 26:14

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HebrewH2790
חָרַשׁ

chârash · khaw-rash'

4 times translated as this KJV form74 total Strong's occurrences

v

to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)

Strong's KJV usage: × altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.

Strong's first: Esther 7:4Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:13

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GreekG1447
Ἑβραϊστί

Hebraïstí · heb-rah-is-tee'

3 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

Hebraistically or in the Jewish (Chaldee) language

Strong's KJV usage: :--in (the) Hebrew (tongue).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: John 5:2Strong's last: Revelation 16:16

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HebrewH762
אֲרָמִית

ʼĂrâmîyth · ar-aw-meeth'

2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

adv

(only adverbial) in Aramæan

Strong's KJV usage: in the Syrian language (tongue), in Syriac.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezra 4:7Strong's last: Ezra 4:7

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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8 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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1 Corinthians 14:2
G1100

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:4
G1100

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

1 Corinthians 14:9
G1100

So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.

1 Corinthians 14:14
G1100

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

1 Corinthians 14:19
G1100

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

1 Corinthians 14:26
G1100

How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

1 Corinthians 14:27
G1100

If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

tongue

TONGUE

TONGUE-GR'AFTING

TUNG'-GR'AFTING, noun A mode of grafting by inserting the end of a cion in a particular manner.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.