'Language' in the Bible
This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, "Field of Blood.")
When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"
If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
They were singing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.
For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.
The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,
Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth -- to every nation, tribe, language, and people.