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Lexicon :: Strong's H3961 - liššān

Aa
לִשָּׁן
Transliteration
liššān
Pronunciation
lish-shawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to לָשׁוֹן (H3956)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2817

Strong’s Definitions

לִשָּׁן lishshân, lish-shawn'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3956; speech, i.e. a nation:—language.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H3961 in the following manner: language (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H3961 in the following manner: language (7x).

  1. tongue, language

    1. tongue, language

    2. people (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לִשָּׁן lishshân, lish-shawn'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3956; speech, i.e. a nation:—language.
STRONGS H3961: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† לִשָּׁן noun masculineDaniel 3:7 tongue (Targum Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew H3956 לָשׁוֺן, √ לשׁן); — tongue = language, figurative for people: absolute עַם אֻמָּה וְל׳ Daniel 3:29; plural emphatic וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא א׳ ע׳ Daniel 3:4; Daniel 3:7; Daniel 3:31 [Daniel 4:1]; Daniel 5:19 Daniel 6:26 [Daniel 6:25]; Daniel 7:14 (compare Biblical Hebrew [H3956 לָשׁוֺן 2, Isaiah 66:18]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

3:4; 3:7; 3:7; 3:29; 4:1; 5:19; 6:25; 7:14

H3961

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3961 matches the Hebrew לִשָּׁן (liššān),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:4 - Then the herald H3744 loudly H2429 proclaimed H7123: “To you [fn]the command H560 is H560 given H560, you peoples H5972, nations H524, and populations of all [fn]languages H3961,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - Therefore H6903 H1836 as soon H2166 as all H3606 the peoples H5972 heard H8086 the sound H7032 of the horn H7162, flute H4953, [fn]lyre H7030, trigon H5443, psaltery H6460, [fn]bagpipe H5481, and all H3606 kinds H2178 of musical H2170 instruments H2170, all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and populations of all [fn]languages H3961 fell H5308 down H5308 and worshiped H5457 the golden H1722 statue H6755 that Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king H4430 had set H6966 up H6966.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - “Therefore I make H7761 a decree H2942 that any H3606 people H5972, nation H524, or population of any language H3961 that speaks H560 anything offensive H7960 against H5922 the God H426 of Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665 shall be torn H5648 limb H1917 from limb H1917 and their houses H1005 made H7739 a rubbish H5122 heap H5122, because H6903 H1768 there H383 is H383 no H3809 other H321 god H426 who H1768 is able H3202 to save H5338 in this H1836 way.”

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[fn]Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king H4430 to all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and populations of all [fn]languages H3961 who live H1753 in all H3606 the earth H772: “May your [fn]peace H8001 be great H7680!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:19 - “Now because H4481 of the greatness H7238 which H1768 He granted H3052 him, all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and populations of all [fn]languages H3961 trembled H2112 and feared H1763 in his presence H6925; whomever H1768 he wished H6634, he killed H6992, and whomever H1768 he wished H6634, he spared H2418 alive H2418; and whomever H1768 he wished H6634 he elevated H7313, and whomever H1768 he wished H6634 he humbled H8214.

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Then H116 Darius H1868 the king H4430 wrote H3790 to all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and populations of all [fn]languages H3961 who H1768 were living H1753 in all H3606 the land H772: “May your [fn]peace H8001 be great H7680!

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“And to Him was given H3052 dominion H7985,

Honor H3367, and [fn]a kingdom H4437,

So that all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and populations of all [fn]languages H3961

Might serve H6399 Him.

His dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 dominion H7985

Which H1768 will not pass H5709 away H5709;

And His kingdom H4437 is one

Which H1768 will not be destroyed H2255.

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