Lingua

Latin: Lingua — tongue, speech

Key Scriptures (hover for pop-up): Job 27:4, 29:10, 33:2; Psalm 22:15, 35:28, 37:30; Proverbs 15:4; 21:6, 25:15, 26:28, 31:26; Isaiah 35:6; Acts 1:19; 1 Corinthians 14:18

Historical Note: Rome occupied Palestine from approximately 63 BC, and for the most part allowed Greek as the lingua franca for pragmatic reasons. The Romans, however, used Latin as the preferred spoken language as well as for legal documents, military commands, and formal speeches.

Hebrew: לָשׁוֹן (Lashon) — tongue, language.

Greek: γλῶσσα (Glōssa) — tongue, speech, languag.

English: tongue — organ of speech; language.