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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 deprives of speech those who are trusted
and takes away the discernment of the elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - Hear now my argument
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:6 - Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
your own lips testify against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 - I could strengthen you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - my lips will not speak falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:20 - I must speak, that I may find relief;
I must open my lips and answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3 - My words declare the uprightness of my heart,
and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:3 - May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 - those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 - The sorrows of those who run after[fn] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 - A Prayer of David.
Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry!
Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2 - You have given him his heart’s desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - All who see me mock me;
they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18 - Let the lying lips be mute,
which speak insolently against the righteous
in pride and contempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I have told the glad news of deliverance[fn]
in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:2 - You are the most handsome of the sons of men;
grace is poured upon your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:15 - O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:7 - There they are, bellowing with their mouths
with swords in their lips—
for “Who,” they think,[fn] “will hear us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 - Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:5 - My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 - that which my lips uttered
and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:23 - My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:5 - He made it a decree in Joseph
when he went out over[fn] the land of Egypt.
I hear a language I had not known:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:34 - I will not violate my covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:33 - for they made his spirit bitter,[fn]
and he spoke rashly with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:13 - With my lips I declare
all the rules[fn] of your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:171

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:171 - My lips will pour forth praise,
for you teach me your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:2 - Deliver me, O LORD,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,
and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - As for the head of those who surround me,
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - that you may keep discretion,
and your lips may guard knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - For the lips of a forbidden[fn] woman drip honey,
and her speech[fn] is smoother than oil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:21 - With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Hear, for I will speak noble things,
and from my lips will come what is right,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - for my mouth will utter truth;
wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise of heart will receive commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - Whoever winks the eye causes trouble,
and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:13 - On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found,
but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:18 - The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever utters slander is a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for lack of sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,[fn]
but the righteous escapes from trouble.

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