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tongue

Meaning of “tongue”

1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

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129 occurrences126 verses34 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 10:5

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Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 6:24 · retained source text

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause mee to vnderstand wherein I haue erred.

Job 6:30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:30 · retained source text

Is there iniquitie in my tongue? cannot my taste discerne peruerse things?

1611 marginal noteHebr. my palate.

Job 13:19
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 13:19 · retained source text

Who is hee that will plead with me? for now if I hold my tongue, I shall giue vp the ghost.

Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 15:5 · retained source text

For thy mouth vttereth thine iniquitie, and thou choosest the tongue of the craftie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. teacheth.

Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 20:12 · retained source text

Though wickednes be sweet in his mouth, though hee hide it vnder his tongue;

Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 20:16 · retained source text

He shall sucke the poison of Aspes: the vipers tongue shall slay him.

Job 29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 29:10 · retained source text

The Nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the voice of the nobles was hid.

Job 33:2
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 33:2 · retained source text

Behold, now I haue opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in my palate.

Job 41:1
CANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 41:1 · retained source text

¶ Canst thou draw out Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde which thou lettest downe?

1611 marginal noteThat is, a whale or a whirlepoole.

1611 marginal noteHeb. which thou drownest.

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James 3:5

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.