King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3960
Transliteration: lashan
Phonetic Spelling: (law-shan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to use the tongue, slander
Meaning: to wag the tongue, to calumniate
Word Summary
lashan: to use the tongue, slander
Original Word: לָשַׁןTransliteration: lashan
Phonetic Spelling: (law-shan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to use the tongue, slander
Meaning: to wag the tongue, to calumniate
Strong's Concordance
accuse, slander A primitive root; properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from lashown; to wag the tongue, i.e. To calumniate -- accuse, slander.
see HEBREW lashown
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3960. lashan
[לָשַׁן] verb denominative use the tongue, only specifically, slander; —
Po`el Participle רֵעֵהוּ בַּסֵּתֶד מְלָו֯שְׁנִי Psalm 101:5 (on form, compare Ges§ 90, 3 KöLgb. i. § 26).
Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular jussive וגו עֶבֶד ׳אַלתַּֿלְשֵׁן Proverbs 30:10.