Lishshân — H3961

Definition

masculine noun

speech, i.e. a nation

1. tongue, language
1. tongue, language
2. people (fig.)

Usually translated as

language

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3956

• Lâshôwn (H3956)

Occurrences

Lishshân occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (7)

• Daniel 3:4 — Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages (וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא),
• Daniel 3:7 — Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages (וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֗א), fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language (וְלִשָּׁ֗ן), which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
• Daniel 4:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages (וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א), that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
• Daniel 5:19 — And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages (וְלִשָּׁ֣נַיָּ֔א), trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
• Daniel 6:25 — Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages (וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א), that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
• Daniel 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages (וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֖א), should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.