28 occurrences

'Tongues' in the Bible

the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

Verse ConceptsThe Needydrought, physicalPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningTongueGod And The PoorAnswered PromisesSeeking WaterGod Not ForsakingWater, As A Symbol Of Affliction

The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfDebaucheryTongueLukewarmnessDissipationMighty in its influence

Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryArrows, Figurative OfTongueTrapLack Of MeaningDeceitful TonguesArrowsDeception

I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare, 'The Lord declares.'

Verse Conceptsprophets

But this will be the nature of the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will decay while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot away in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths.

Verse ConceptsPeople RottingSocketsEyes HarmedDiseaseSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritCharismatic IssuesSpecific Praising Of God

Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

Verse ConceptsInterpreting LanguageHealing Through DisciplesFaith And HealingSpiritual GiftsGifts And Talents

I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtBuilding Up The ChurchInterpreting LanguageEach Local ChurchRight DesiresProphecyProphecies concerningLanguageThe church

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

Verse ConceptsProfitsTeachingAcquiring KnowledgeTeaching In The ChurchDoing Gooddoctrine

It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsForeignersUnknown Languages

So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

Verse ConceptsBelieversNot Believing The GospelProphesying In The ChurchSigns And Wonders Of The GospelThe TongueSpiritual Gifts

So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

Verse ConceptsLanguages ConfusedAssemblyChurch OrderChurch GatheringsNot Believing The GospelEach Local ChurchReckoned Insane

So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

Verse ConceptsEnthusiasmSpiritual Gifts, Warnings AboutProphesying In The Church

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBitingThroneTongueColors, BlackFractions, One FifthCosmic CreaturesPhysical PainThe Outer DarknessFifthOuter DarknessPleasurablenessBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic Events

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ארמית 
'Aramiyth 
Usage: 5

הסה 
Hacah 
Usage: 8

חרשׁ 
Charash 
Usage: 74

לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

γλῶσσα 
Glossa 
Usage: 48

διάλεκτος 
Dialektos 
Usage: 6

Ἑβραΐστί 
hebraisti 
in the Hebrew tongue , in the Hebrew , in Hebrew
Usage: 6

ἑτερόγλωσσος 
heteroglossos 
Usage: 1

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