Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H3960
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- lashan
- Pronunciation
- law-shan'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H3960
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to lick, but used only as a denominative from H3956, to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
- Source renderings
- accuse, slander
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from H3956; to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate. Root word: a primitive root.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H3956
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
03960\ 3960 lashan law-shan' a primitive root; properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from 3956; to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate:--accuse, slander. see HEBREW for 03956