לָשַׁן
lashan · slander
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3960 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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lashan (לָשַׁן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “slander”.
To slander, to speak ill of someone behind his back. It comes from the word "tongue".
How to say it
la·shan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To speak ill of someone to another, in secret, to harm his reputation.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Whoever slanders ×1
- slander ×1
Where it appears
- Psalms 101:5
Whoever slanders in secret his neighbor, him I will destroy; whoever is high of eyes and wide of heart, him I will not endure.
- Proverbs 30:10
Do not slander a slave to his master, lest he curse you and you be guilty.