H3961: לִשָּׁן
lishshân · pronounced lish-shawn' · “tongue”
Definition
speech, i.e. a nation
KJV translates it as: language.
Word origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3956 (לָשׁוֹן);
Extended definition
1a) tongue, language
1b) people (fig.)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3961 is translated
- the ×5
- languages ×1
- language ×1
Bible verses with H3961 (lishshân)
Lishshân appears in 7 verses.
- Daniel 3:4
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
- Daniel 3:7
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- Daniel 3:29
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
- Daniel 4:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
- Daniel 5:19
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
- Daniel 6:25
Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
- Daniel 7:14
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.