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Lexicon :: Strong's H8193 - śāp̄â

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שָׂפָה
Transliteration
śāp̄â
Pronunciation
saw-faw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from סָפָה (H5595) or שָׁפָה (H8192) through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף (H5490))
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TWOT Reference: 2278a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw'; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):—band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 176x

The KJV translates Strong's H8193 in the following manner: lip (112x), bank (10x), brim (8x), edge (8x), language (7x), speech (6x), shore (6x), brink (5x), border (3x), side (3x), prating (2x), vain (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 176x
The KJV translates Strong's H8193 in the following manner: lip (112x), bank (10x), brim (8x), edge (8x), language (7x), speech (6x), shore (6x), brink (5x), border (3x), side (3x), prating (2x), vain (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding

    1. lip (as body part)

    2. language

    3. edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw'; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):—band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
STRONGS H8193: Abbreviations
שָׂפָה 176 noun feminine [masculine Exodus 28:32, edge, compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 76], lip, speech, edge; — absolute שׂ׳ Genesis 11:1 +, construct שְׂפַת Genesis 11:7 +; suffix שְׂפָתוֺ 1 Kings 7:23 +, etc.; oftener dual שְׂפָתַיִם Isaiah 6:5 +, construct שִׂפְתֵי Psalm 12:4 +; suffix שְׂפָתַי Jeremiah 17:16 +, suffix 3rd person masculine plural שְׂפָתֵימוֺ Psalm 59:13; Psalm 140:4; Psalm 140:10, etc.; plural (in poetry and late) construct שִׂפְתוֺת Ecclesiastes 10:12, suffix שִׂפְתוֺתֶיךָ etc. Psalm 45:3; Psalm 59:8; Isaiah 59:3; Songs 4:3, 11; Songs 5:13; —
1. lip:
a. usually (approximately + 108 times) human organ of speech (often || פֶּה, לָשׁוֺן rarely [only late poetry] חֵךְ : + 10 times Job; + 25 times Psalms; + 45 times Proverbs):
(1) Isaiah 29:13; Leviticus 5:4 (P), Job 13:6; Malachi 2:6; Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 5:3 +; דַּל שׂ׳ Psalm 141:3 (see דָּל); אִישׁ שׂ׳ Job 11:2 = a talker, אֱוִיל שׂ׳ Proverbs 10:8 — Proverbs 10:10 (MT; but see Toy); טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם Isaiah 6:5 (twice in verse) compare Isaiah 6:7; Daniel 10:16; עֲרַל שׂ׳ Exodus 6:12, 30 (P; unskilled in speech); עִקֵּשׁ שׂ׳ Exodus 19:1; שׂ׳ פֹּתֶה Exodus 20:19 see [פָּתָה]; מוֺצָא שׂ׳ i.e. utterance, Deuteronomy 23:24; Jeremiah 17:16; Numbers 30:13 (P), Psalm 89:35, רוּחַ שׂ׳ Isaiah 11:4 (of Messianic king), דְּבַר שׂ׳ Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 14:23 +, = mere, empty, word 2 Kings 18:20 = Isaiah 36:5; תְּבוּאַת שׂ׳ Proverbs 18:20, נוב שׂ׳ Isaiah 57:19 (thanksgiving), compare Hosea 14:3 (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version and most פְּדִי for פָּרִים); of flattery, חֵלֶק שׂ׳ Proverbs 7:21, שְׂפַת חֲלָקוֺת Psalm 12:3; Psalm 12:4; compare שִׂפְתֵי מִרְמָה Psalm 17:1, שֶׁקֶר שׂ׳ Psalm 31:9 + 4 times, שְׂפַת אָוֶן Proverbs 17:4; poison beneath (compare לָשׁוֺן) Psalm 140:4 (figurative); שׂ׳ פֶּשַׁע Proverbs 12:13; לְזוּת שׂ׳ Proverbs 4:24; אֱמֶת שׂ׳ Proverbs 12:19, יָ֑תֶר שׂ׳ Proverbs 17:7, צֶדֶק שׂ׳ Proverbs 16:13, דַּעַת שׂ׳ Proverbs 14:7; Proverbs 20:15; חֵן שׂ׳ Proverbs 22:11; שָׂפָה בְרוּרָה Zephaniah 3:9; רְנָנוֺת שׂ׳ Psalm 63:5 i.e. lips that shout for joy; with verbs: שׂ׳ פָּתַח (to speak) Job 11:5; Job 30:20 (Gi Job 30:21), compare Psalm 51:17, מִפְתַּח שׂ׳ Proverbs 8:6; שׂ׳ פָּשַׁק Proverbs 13:3 i.e. prate; מָֽלְאוּ זַעַם שׂ׳ Isaiah 30:27; שׂ׳ subject of דִּבֶּר Isaiah 59:3; Proverbs 24:2; נָשָׂא עַלשֿׂ׳ Psalm 16:14 ; קָרַץ שׂ׳ Proverbs 16:30 = backbite; אָטַם שׂ׳ Proverbs 17:28 —חָשַׂךְ שׂ׳ Proverbs 10:19, כָּלָא שׂ׳ Psalm 40:10.
† (2) lips moving in speech, with נוּעַ 1 Samuel 1:13, נִיד Job 16:5.
† (3) transition to meaning speech, עָלָה עַלשְֿׂפַת לָשׁוֺן Ezekiel 36:3; = ability to speak Job 12:20.
†b. organ of laughter Job 8:21.
†c. of insulting grimace הִפְטִיר בְּשׂ׳ Psalm 22:8.
†d. quivering in terror Habakkuk 3:16.
†e. feature of beauty Songs 4:3 (scarlet).
f. place of bridle 2 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29 (see מֶתֶג).
†g. receiving kiss Proverbs 24:26 compare Songs 4:11 and (in figurative) Songs 7:10.
†h. of divine speech, מִצְוַת שׂ׳ Job 23:12, דְּבַר שׂ׳ Psalm 17:4.
†2. language (see לָשׁוֺן), Genesis 11:1, 6, 7 (twice in verse); Genesis 11:9; Psalm 81:6; עַם עִמְקֵי שׂ׳ Ezekiel 3:5, 6; Isaiah 33:19, לַעֲגֵי שׂ׳ Isaiah 28:11; שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן Isaiah 19:18 (i.e. Hebrew).
†3. edge: shore of sea Genesis 22:17 (J) + 7 times; bank of river Genesis 41:3, 17 (E) + 5 times, of wady (נַחַל) Deuteronomy 2:36 + 7 times; lip (bank) of אָבֵל מְחוֺלָה Judges 7:22 compare GASmG 400; brim of vessel 1 Kings 7:23 (twice in verse) + 7 times; edge of altar Ezekiel 43:13; of curtains (in pairs) Exodus 26:4 (twice in verse) (P) + 6 times; of חשֶׁן, toward ephod Exodus 28:26 = Exodus 39:19 (P); of round opening in robe (יִהְיֶה) לְפִיו שׂ׳ Exodus 28:32 = Exodus 39:23 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:1; 11:1; 11:6; 11:7; 11:7; 11:9; 22:17; 41:3; 41:17

Exodus

6:12; 6:30; 19:1; 20:19; 26:4; 28:26; 28:32; 28:32; 39:19; 39:23

Leviticus

5:4

Numbers

30:13

Deuteronomy

2:36; 23:24

Judges

7:22

1 Samuel

1:13

1 Kings

7:23; 7:23

2 Kings

18:20; 19:28

Job

8:21; 11:2; 11:5; 12:20; 13:6; 16:5; 23:12; 30:20; 30:21

Psalms

12:3; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 17:1; 17:4; 22:8; 31:9; 40:10; 45:3; 51:17; 59:8; 59:13; 59:13; 63:5; 81:6; 89:35; 140:4; 140:4; 140:10; 141:3

Proverbs

4:24; 5:3; 7:21; 8:6; 10:8; 10:10; 10:19; 12:13; 12:19; 13:3; 14:7; 14:23; 16:13; 16:30; 17:4; 17:7; 17:28; 18:20; 20:15; 22:11; 24:2; 24:26

Ecclesiastes

10:12

Song of Songs

4:3; 4:3; 4:11; 4:11; 5:13; 7:10

Isaiah

6:5; 6:5; 6:7; 11:4; 19:18; 28:11; 29:13; 30:27; 33:19; 36:5; 37:29; 57:19; 59:3; 59:3

Jeremiah

17:16; 17:16

Ezekiel

3:5; 3:6; 36:3; 43:13

Daniel

10:16

Hosea

14:3

Habakkuk

3:16

Zephaniah

3:9

Malachi

2:6

H8193

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Strong's Number H8193 matches the Hebrew שָׂפָה (śāp̄â),
which occurs 177 times in 164 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Job 12:20–Pro 12:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He removeth away the speech H8193 of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:6 - Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips H8193 testify against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 - But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips H8193 should asswage your grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; H8193 I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - My lips H8193 shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:20 - I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips H8193 and answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3 - My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips H8193 shall utter knowledge clearly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips H8193 and with a double heart do they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:3 - The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, H8193 and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 - Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips H8193 are our own: who is lord over us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 - Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 - [[A Prayer of David.]] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips H8193 I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2 - Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. H8193 Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, H8193 they shake the head, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18 - Let the lying lips H8193 be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips H8193 from speaking guile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, H8193 O LORD, thou knowest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:2 - Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: H8193 therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:15 - O Lord, open thou my lips; H8193 and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:7 - Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: H8193 for who, say they, doth hear?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips H8193 let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 - Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips H8193 shall praise thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:5 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 - Which my lips H8193 have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:23 - My lips H8193 shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:5 - This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language H8193 that I understood not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:34 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:33 - Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:13 - With my lips H8193 have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:171

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:171 - My lips H8193 shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:2 - Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, H8193 and from a deceitful tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. H8193 Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips H8193 cover them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips H8193 put far from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips H8193 may keep knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - For the lips H8193 of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:21 - With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips H8193 she forced him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips H8193 shall be right things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating H8193 fool shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating H8193 fool shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:13 - In the lips H8193 of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:18 - He that hideth hatred with lying lips, H8193 and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips H8193 is wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips H8193 of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:32 - The lips H8193 of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: H8193 but the just shall come out of trouble.

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