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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 10:8Proverbs 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 17:28חָשַׂךְ 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 4 (Pro 12:19–Lam 3:62)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19 -

Truthful lips H8193 will be established forever,

But a lying tongue is only for a moment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:22 -

Lying lips H8193 are an abomination to Yahweh,

But doers of faithfulness are His delight.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 -

The one who guards his mouth keeps his soul;

The one who opens wide his lips H8193 [fn]comes to ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 -

In the mouth of the ignorant fool is a rod of lofty pride,

But the lips H8193 of the wise will keep them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7 -

Leave the presence of a fool,

As you have not known lips H8193 of knowledge there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23 -

In all painful labor there is profit,

But mere words from the lips H8193 lead only to want.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7 -

The lips H8193 of the wise disperse knowledge,

But the hearts of fools are not so.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:10 -

A divine decision is in the lips H8193 of the king;

His mouth should not [fn]err in judgment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 -

Righteous lips H8193 are the delight of kings,

And he who speaks uprightly is loved.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21 -

The wise in heart will be called understanding,

And sweetness of [fn]lips H8193 increases learning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:23 -

The heart of the wise gives insight to his mouth

And increases learning to his lips H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 -

A vile man digs up evil,

And the words on his lips H8193 are like scorching fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30 -

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;

He who compresses his lips H8193 brings evil to pass.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 -

An evildoer gives heed to lips H8193 of wickedness;

[fn]A liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 -

Excellent lips H8193 are not fitting for a [fn]wicked fool,

Even less are lying lips H8193 for a noble man.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 -

Even an ignorant fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;

When he closes his lips H8193, he is considered understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 -

A fool’s lips H8193 come with strife,

And his mouth calls for beatings.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 -

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,

And his lips H8193 are the snare of his soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 -

From the [fn]fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied;

With the produce of his lips H8193 he will be satisfied.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1 -

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity

Than he who is crooked in lips H8193 and is a fool.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:15 -

There is gold, and an abundance of pearls;

But the lips H8193 of knowledge are a more precious vessel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:19 -

He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,

Therefore do not associate with [fn]one of loose lips H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 -

He who loves purity of heart

And grace on his lips H8193, the king is his friend.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18 -

For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,

[fn]That they may be established on your lips H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16 -

And my [fn]inmost being will exult

When your lips H8193 speak upright things.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 -

For their heart meditates on destruction,

And their lips H8193 talk of mischief.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:26 -

He kisses the lips H8193

Who responds with right words.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 -

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,

Nor deceive with your lips H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 -

Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross

Are fiery lips H8193 and an evil heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 -

He who hates disguises it with his lips H8193,

But he sets up deceit within himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 -

Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth;

A foreigner, and not your own lips H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips H8193 of a fool swallow him up;
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 -

“Your lips H8193 are like a scarlet thread,

And your mouth is lovely.

Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate

Behind your veil.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 -

“Your lips H8193, my bride, drip honey from the comb;

Honey and milk are under your tongue,

And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 -

“His cheeks are like a bed of spices,

Towers of sweet-scented herbs;

His lips H8193 are lilies

Dripping with liquid myrrh.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 -

And your [fn]mouth like the best wine!”

[fn]It goes down smoothly for my beloved,

Flowing gently through the lips H8193 of those who fall asleep.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said,

“Woe is me, for I am ruined!

For I am a man of unclean lips H8193,

And I live among a people of unclean lips H8193;

For my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of hosts.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:7 - And he touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips H8193; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is atoned for.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 -

But with righteousness He will judge the poor,

And decide with uprightness for the afflicted of the earth;

And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,

And with the breath of His lips H8193 He will put the wicked to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 -

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language H8193 of Canaan and swearing allegiance to Yahweh of hosts; one will be called the City of [fn]Destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:11 -

Indeed, He will speak to this people

Through stammering lips H8193 and a foreign tongue,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 -

Then the Lord said,

“Because this people draw near with their mouth

And honor Me with their lips H8193,

But they remove their hearts far from Me,

And their fear of Me is in the command of men learned by rote,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 -

Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from afar;

Burning is His anger and heavy is His [fn]smoke;

His lips H8193 are filled with indignation

And His tongue is like a consuming fire;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 -

You will no longer see a fierce people,

A people of [fn]unintelligible speech H8193 [fn]which no one comprehends,

Of a stammering tongue [fn]which no one understands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - “I say, ‘Your counsel and might for the war are only [fn]empty H8193 words.’ Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:29 -

“Because of your raging against Me

And because your [fn]presumptuousness 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 -

Creating the [fn]praise of the lips H8193.

Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near,”

Says Yahweh, “and I will heal him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 -

For your hands are defiled with blood

And your fingers with iniquity;

Your lips H8193 have spoken a lie;

Your tongue mutters unrighteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 -

But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,

Nor have I longed for the [fn]sickening day;

You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips H8193

Was in Your presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:62 -

The lips H8193 of those who rise against me and their whispering

Are against me all day long.


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