Lashon
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) · the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
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לָשׁוֹן H3956 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)
γλῶσσα G1100 the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
What does lashon (lashon) mean in the Bible?
לָשׁוֹן · γλῶσσα is a Hebrew word meaning "tongue, language, speech".
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Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
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