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Reference: Tongue
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TONGUE. This word is taken in three different senses.
1. For the material tongue, or organ of speech, Jas 3:5.
2. For the tongue or language that is spoken in any country, De 28:49. (See Language.)
3. For good or bad discourses, Pr 12:18; 17:20. Tongue of the sea signifies a gulf. To gnaw the tongue, Re 16:10, is a token of fury, despair, and torment. The gift of tongues was that which God granted to the apostles and disciples assembled at Jerusalem on the day of pentecost, Acts 2. The tongue of angels, a kind of hyperbole made use of by St. Paul, 1Co 13:1.