Hebrew · H3956, G1100

Lashon

The tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water) · the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)

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לָשׁוֹן H3956 the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)

Pronunciation lashon

Tongue metonymically represents speech itself; extended figuratively to flame-tips and metal wedges via shared pointed shape.

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γλῶσσα G1100 the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)

Pronunciation glōssa

Refers to actual human languages or ecstatic speech phenomenon, depending on Corinthian context usage.

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