Topic
Tongue
61 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 10:5ISBE · Nave Language
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:20Nave Language
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
- Genesis 11:1–9Nave Confusion of
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them…
- Exodus 4:10ISBE
¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
- Exodus 11:7ISBE
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
- Job 6:30ISBE
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
- Job 20:12ISBE
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
- Psalms 10:7ISBE
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Psalms 45:1ISBE
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
- Psalms 55:9ISBE
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Psalms 64:3ISBE
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Psalms 66:17ISBE
I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
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- Psalms 71:24 ISBE
- Psalms 73:9 ISBE
- Psalms 78:36 ISBE
- Psalms 109:2 ISBE
- Psalms 139:4 ISBE
- Proverbs 10:8 Nave Loquacious
- Proverbs 10:19 Nave Loquacious
- Proverbs 15:4 ISBE
- Proverbs 16:1 ISBE
- Proverbs 17:27 Nave Restrained by wisdom
- Proverbs 21:23 Nave Restrained by wisdom
- Proverbs 29:20 Nave Hasty
- Ecclesiastes 3:7 Nave Restrained by wisdom
- Song of Songs 4:11 ISBE
- Isaiah 11:15 ISBE
- Isaiah 30:27 ISBE
- Isaiah 66:18 Nave Language
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 5:9 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 8:3 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 9:18 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 28:13 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 32:8 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 7:4 ISBE
- Mark 7:33 ISBE
- John 3:18 ISBE
- John 5:2 ISBE
- Acts 1:19 ISBE
- Acts 2:1–18 Nave Gift of
- Acts 2:3 ISBE
- Acts 2:4 ISBE
- Acts 2:8 ISBE
- Acts 2:26 ISBE
- Acts 2:33 Nave Gift of
- Acts 10:46 Nave Gift of
- Acts 19:6 Nave Gift of
- Acts 21:40 ISBE
- Acts 22:2 ISBE
- Acts 26:14 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 12:10 Nave Gift of
- 1 Corinthians 12:28 Nave Gift of
- 1 Corinthians 12:30 Nave Gift of
- 1 Corinthians 14:1–40 Nave Gift of
- 1 Corinthians 14:21 ISBE
- Philippians 2:11 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 3:8 ISBE
- 1 John 3:18 ISBE
- Revelation 7:9 Nave Language
- Revelation 9:11 ISBE
- Revelation 16:16 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 46 references
tung: Almost invariably for either lashon, or glossa the latter word with the cognates heteroglossos, "of strange tongues" (1Co 14:21), glossodes, "talkative," English Versions of the Bible "full of tongue" (Sirach 8:3; 9:18), glossotomeo, "to cut out the tongue" (2 Macc 7:4), diglossos, "double-tongued" (Sirach 5:9; 28:13). In 1Ti 3:8, however, "double-tongued" is for dilogos, literally, "two-worded." Where "tongue" in the King James Version translates dialektos (Ac 1:19; 2:8; 21:40; 22:2; 26:14), the Revised Version (British and American) has "language," while for the King James Version "in the Hebrew tongue" in Joh 5:2; Re 9:11; 16:16 (Hebraisti) the Revised Version (British and American) has simply "in Hebrew." In addition, in the Old Testament and Apocrypha, the King James Version uses "to hold one's tongue" as a translation for various verbs meaning "to be silent"; the Revised Version (British and American) in the Old Testament writes "to hold one's peace" and in the Apocrypha "to be silent," except in Sirach 32:8, where the King James Version is retained (siopao).
The various uses of "tongue" in English are all possible also for lashon and glossa, whether as the physical organ (Ex 11:7; Mr 7:33, etc.) or as meaning "language" (Ge 10:5; Ac 2:4, etc.) or as describing anything shaped like a tongue (Isa 11:15; Ac 2:3, etc.). In addition, both words, especially lashon appear in a wider range of meanings than can be taken by "tongue" in modern English. So the tongue appears as the specific organ of speech, where we should prefer "mouth" or "lips" (Ex 4:10; Ps 71:24; 78:36; Pr 16:1; Php 2:11, etc.), and hence, "tongue" is used figuratively for the words uttered (Job 6:30; Ps 139:4; 1Joh 3:18, etc.). So the tongue can be said to have moral qualities (Ps 109:2; Pr 15:4, etc.) or to be "glad" (Ac 2:26); to "love with the tongue" (1 Joh 3:18) is to love in word only, and to be "double-tongued" (Sirach 5:9; 28:13; 1Ti 3:8 is to be a liar. A further expansion of this figurative use has produced expressions that sound slightly bizarre in English, although their meaning is clear enough: e.g., "Who have whet their tongue like a sword" (Ps 64:3); "His tongue is as a devouring fire" (Isa 30:27); "My tongue is the pen of a ready writer" (Ps 45:1), and, especially, "Their tongue walketh through the earth" (Ps 73:9).
In Job 20:12, "Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue," the figure is that of an uncultured man rolling a choice morsel around in his mouth so as to extract the utmost flavor. In Ps 10:7; 66:17 (Revised Version margin), however "under the tongue" means "in readiness to utter," while in So 4:11, "Honey and milk are under thy tongue," the pleasure of a caress is described. To "divide their tongue" (Ps 55:9) is to visit on offenders the punishment of Babel.
Burton Scott Easton
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 19 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.