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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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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

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.

Jeremiah 9:5
H3956

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Jeremiah 9:8
H3956

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Jeremiah 18:18
H3956

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Lamentations 4:4
H3956

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

Ezekiel 3:26
H3956

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

Daniel 1:4
H3956

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Hosea 7:16
H3956

They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Amos 6:10
H2013

And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

Micah 6:12
H3956

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Habakkuk 1:13
H2790

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Zephaniah 3:13
H3956

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Zechariah 14:12
H3956

And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Mark 7:33
G1100

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

Mark 7:35
G1100

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

Luke 1:64
G1100

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.

Luke 16:24
G1100

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

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.

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