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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.

Genesis 11 verses Exodus 22 verses Deuteronomy 11 verses Joshua 11 verses Judges 11 verses 2 Samuel 11 verses Ezra 21 verses Esther 11 verses Job 1111 verses Psalms 3030 verses Proverbs 1919 verses Song of Solomon 11 verses Isaiah 1313 verses Jeremiah 33 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 11 verses Daniel 11 verses Hosea 11 verses Amos 11 verses Micah 11 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Zephaniah 11 verses Zechariah 11 verses Mark 22 verses Luke 22 verses John 11 verses Acts 66 verses Romans 11 verses 1 Corinthians 88 verses Philippians 11 verses James 54 verses 1 Peter 11 verses 1 John 11 verses Revelation 54 verses
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.

Other KJV renderings

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.

Other KJV renderings

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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13 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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Isaiah 3:8
H3956

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Isaiah 11:15
H3956

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

Isaiah 28:11
H3956

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

Isaiah 30:27
H3956

Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

Isaiah 32:4
H3956

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Isaiah 33:19
H3956

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

Isaiah 35:6
H3956

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 41:17
H3956

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 45:23
H3956

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Isaiah 50:4
H3956

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

Isaiah 54:17
H3956

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 57:4
H3956

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Isaiah 59:3
H3956

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

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.
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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.