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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))
Dictionary Aids

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).
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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 1 / 4 (Gen 11:1–Job 11:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:1 - Now the whole earth [fn]used the same language H8193 and [fn]the same words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [fn]the same language. H8193 And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be [fn]impossible for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their [fn]language, H8193 so that they will not understand one another’s [fn]speech.” H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore its name was called [fn]Babel, because there the LORD confused the [fn]language H8193 of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your [fn]seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; H8193 and your [fn]seed shall possess the gate of [fn]their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and [fn]gaunt, and they stood by the other cows on the bank H8193 of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank H8193 of the Nile;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a [fn]wicker [fn]basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank H8193 of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am [fn]unskilled in speech?” H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - But Moses said before the LORD, “Behold, I am [fn]unskilled in speech; H8193 how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go to Pharaoh in the morning [fn]as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank H8193 of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 - Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4 - “You shall make loops of [fn]blue on the edge H8193 of the [fn]outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge H8193 of the curtain that is outermost in the second [fn]set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:10 - “You shall make fifty loops on the edge H8193 of the [fn]curtain that is outermost in the first [fn]set, and fifty loops on the edge H8193 of the curtain that is outermost in the second [fn]set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - “You shall make two rings of gold and shall place them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on the edge H8193 of it, which is toward the inner side of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - “There shall be an opening [fn]at its top in the middle of it; around its opening there shall be a binding H8193 of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:11 - He made loops of [fn]blue on the edge H8193 of the [fn]outermost curtain in the first [fn]set; he did likewise on the edge H8193 of the curtain that was [fn]outermost in the second [fn]set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:17 - Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge H8193 of the curtain that was outermost in the first [fn]set, and he made fifty loops on the edge H8193 of the curtain that was outermost in the second [fn]set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - They made two gold rings and placed them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inner edge H8193 which was next to the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:23 - and the opening of the robe was at the top in the center, as the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding H8193 all around its opening, so that it would not be torn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - ‘Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips H8193 to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 - “However, if she should [fn]marry while [fn]under her vows or the rash statement of her lips H8193 by which she has bound herself,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:8 - “But if on the day her husband hears of it, he forbids her, then he shall annul her vow which [fn]she is under and the rash statement of her lips H8193 by which she has bound herself; and the LORD will forgive her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:12 - “But if her husband indeed annuls them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips H8193 concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of herself shall not stand; her husband has annulled them, and the LORD will forgive her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - “From Aroer which is on the edge H8193 of the [fn]valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the [fn]valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too high for us; the LORD our God delivered all [fn]over to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - from Aroer, which is on the edge H8193 of the [fn]valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - “You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, H8193 just as you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God, what you have [fn]promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, H8193 with very many horses and chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge H8193 of the valley of the Arnon, both the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, even as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9 - from Aroer, which is on the edge H8193 of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba, as far as Dibon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:16 - Their [fn]territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge H8193 of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley and all the plain by Medeba;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - When they blew 300 trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole [fn]army; and the [fn]army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge H8193 of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips H8193 were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore H8193 in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of [fn]mind, like the sand that is on the seashore. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 - Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim H8193 to brim, H8193 circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and [fn]thirty cubits in circumference.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - Under its brim H8193 gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast [fn]with the rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim H8193 was made like the brim H8193 of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore H8193 of the [fn]Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13 - He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank H8193 of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:20 - “You say (but they are [fn]only empty H8193 words), ‘I have counsel and strength for the war.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - ‘Because of your raging against Me,
And because your [fn]arrogance has come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose,
And My bridle in your lips, H8193
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:2 - Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim H8193 to brim, H8193 circular in form, and its height was five cubits and [fn]its circumference thirty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim H8193 was made like the brim H8193 of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold 3,000 baths.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17 - Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore H8193 in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21 - “He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
And your lips H8193 with shouting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:2 - “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a talkative H8193 man be acquitted?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:5 - “But would that God might speak,
And open His lips H8193 against you,

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