Definition

to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate

Etymology

a primitive root; properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from H3956 (לָשׁוֹן);

Word family

• לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn

How the KJV renders it

• accuse
• slander

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.