H3960 · לָשַׁן
lâshan · law-shan' · slander, accuse
H3960 (lâshan, pronounced law-shan') is the Hebrew word לָשַׁן in Strong’s dictionary: to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate. It appears 2 times in 2 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- לָשַׁן (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- lâshan
- Pronunciation
- law-shan'
- Derivation
- a primitive root; properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from H3956 (לָשׁוֹן);
- Definition
- to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
- Rendered in the KJV
- accuse, slander.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
2 occurrences in 2 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “Whoever slanders” ×1
- “slander” ×1
By book
Psalms 1 · Proverbs 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H3960.