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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8193 matches the Hebrew שָׂפָה (śāp̄â),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in 'Pro' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious [fn]speech H8193 far from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - That you may observe discretion
And your lips H8193 may reserve knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - For the lips H8193 of an [fn]adulteress drip honey
And smoother than oil is her [fn]speech;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:21 - With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her [fn]flattering lips H8193 she seduces him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - “Listen, for I will speak noble things;
And the opening of my lips H8193 will reveal right things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - “For my mouth will utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise of heart will receive commands,
But [fn]a babbling H8193 fool will be [fn]ruined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He who winks the eye causes trouble,
And [fn]a babbling H8193 fool will be [fn]ruined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:13 - On the lips H8193 of the discerning, wisdom is found,
But a rod is for the back of him who lacks [fn]understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:18 - He who conceals hatred has lying lips, H8193
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
But he who restrains his lips H8193 is wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips H8193 of the righteous feed many,
But fools die for lack of [fn]understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:32 - The lips H8193 of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked what is perverted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - [fn]An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, H8193
But the righteous will escape from trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19 - Truthful lips H8193 will be established forever,
But a lying tongue is only for a moment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:22 - Lying lips H8193 are an abomination to the LORD,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;
The one who opens wide his lips H8193 [fn]comes to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - In the mouth of the foolish is a rod [fn]for his back,
But the lips H8193 of the wise will protect them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7 - Leave the presence of a fool,
Or you will not [fn]discern [fn]words H8193 of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23 - In all labor there is profit,
But [fn]mere H8193 talk leads only to poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7 - The lips H8193 of the wise spread knowledge,
But the hearts of fools are not so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:10 - A divine decision is in the lips H8193 of the king;
His mouth should not [fn]err in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 - Righteous lips H8193 are the delight of kings,
And he who speaks right is loved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21 - The wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweetness of [fn]speech H8193 increases [fn]persuasiveness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:23 - The heart of the wise instructs his mouth
And adds [fn]persuasiveness to his lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - A worthless man digs up evil,
While [fn]his words H8193 are like scorching fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - An evildoer listens to wicked lips; H8193
A [fn]liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - [fn]Excellent speech H8193 is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are lying lips H8193 to a prince.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, H8193 he is considered prudent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 - A fool’s lips H8193 [fn]bring strife,
And his mouth calls for blows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips H8193 are the snare of his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - With the [fn]fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied;
He will be satisfied with the product of his lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1 - Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in [fn]speech H8193 and is a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:15 - There is gold, and an abundance of [fn]jewels;
But the lips H8193 of knowledge are a more precious thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:19 - He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
Therefore do not associate with [fn]a gossip. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He who loves purity of heart
And [fn]whose speech H8193 is gracious, the king is his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18 - For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
[fn]That they may be ready on your lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16 - And my [fn]inmost being will rejoice
When your lips H8193 speak what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For their [fn]minds devise violence,
And their lips H8193 talk of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:26 - He kisses the lips H8193
Who gives [fn]a right answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross
Are burning lips H8193 and a wicked heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - He who hates disguises it with his lips, H8193
But he lays up deceit in his [fn]heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips. H8193
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