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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Tongues

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.

36exact KJV occurrences 9Old Testament 27New Testament 9books containing the word 3mapped Strong's IDs 36occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 10:20

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 17:15

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where tongues appears.

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

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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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'

9 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 10:20Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:31

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Genesis 10:20
H3956

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Genesis 10:31
H3956

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Psalms 31:20
H3956

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Psalms 55:9
H3956

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalms 78:36
H3956

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

Psalms 140:3
H3956

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Isaiah 66:18
H3956

For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

Jeremiah 9:3
H3956

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:31
H3956

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

Mark 16:17
G1100

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Acts 2:3
G1100

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Acts 2:4
G1100

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:11
G1100

Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

Acts 10:46
G1100

For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

Acts 19:6
G1100

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

Romans 3:13
G1100

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

1 Corinthians 12:10
G1100

To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

1 Corinthians 12:10
G1100

To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

1 Corinthians 12:28
G1100

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

1 Corinthians 13:1
G1100

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:8
G1100

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

1 Corinthians 14:5
G1100

I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

1 Corinthians 14:5
G1100

I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

1 Corinthians 14:6
G1100

Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

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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