Words the Bible translates as speech
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- saphahשָׂפָהlip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
+1 more meaning
- edge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
- lashonלָשׁוֹןthe tongue: the organ in the mouth, and by extension the speech it produces
+2 more meanings
- a language: the tongue a people speaks, and so the people marked off by it
- a tongue: something shaped like a tongue, such as a wedge of metal, an inlet of the sea, or a flame
- emerאֵמֶרa spoken word or saying: what someone puts into speech
- millahמִלָּהwords or speech: what a person says, whether a single utterance or a whole line of argument
- imrahאִמְרָהa spoken word: an utterance, saying, or promise, most often God's.
- laliaλαλιάspeechnot studied yet
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