Strong’s H3961 · Hebrew

לִשָּׁן
lishshân
lish-shawn'

Definition

speech, i.e. a nation

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3956 (לָשׁוֹן);

Where the KJV renders it

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What the first audience heard

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