This word is taken in three different senses. 1. For the
material tongue, or organ of speech, James iii, 5. 2. For the tongue or
language that is spoken in any country, Deut. xxviii, 49. (See
_Language_.) 3. For good or bad discourses, Prov. xii, 18; xvii, 20.
Tongue of the sea signifies a gulf. To gnaw the tongue, Rev. xvi, 10, is
a token of fury, despair, and torment. The gift of tongues was that
which God granted to the apostles and disciples assembled at Jerusalem
on the day of pentecost, Acts ii. The tongue of angels, a kind of
hyperbole made use of by St. Paul, 1 Cor. xiii, 1.
material tongue, or organ of speech, James iii, 5. 2. For the tongue or
language that is spoken in any country, Deut. xxviii, 49. (See
_Language_.) 3. For good or bad discourses, Prov. xii, 18; xvii, 20.
Tongue of the sea signifies a gulf. To gnaw the tongue, Rev. xvi, 10, is
a token of fury, despair, and torment. The gift of tongues was that
which God granted to the apostles and disciples assembled at Jerusalem
on the day of pentecost, Acts ii. The tongue of angels, a kind of
hyperbole made use of by St. Paul, 1 Cor. xiii, 1.