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H3960 לָשַׁן (lâshan) law-shan'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from 3956; to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate

KJV Usage: accuse, slander

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לָשַׁן (la.shan) — to slander. 1) to use the tongue, slander 1a) (Poel) to slander 1b) (Piel) to slander 1c) (Hiphil) to accuse

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · לָשֹׁון

Speak

to slander = action by which humans speak bad about alleged faults they find with other humans

PSA 101:5 · PRO 30:10

1 PSA 101:5 MT-K מלושׁני | MT-Q מְלָשְׁנִי

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[לָשַׁן] vb. denom. use the tongue, only specif. slander Po‛el ψ 101:5

Hiph. Pr 30:10.

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