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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 10:8Proverbs 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 175 times in 164 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Pro 12:19–Lam 3:62)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19 - Truthful H571 lips H8193 will be established H3559 forever, H5703
But a lying H8267 tongue H3956 is only H5704 for a moment. H7280
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:22 - Lying H8267 lips H8193 are an abomination H8441 to the LORD, H3068
But those who deal H6213 faithfully H530 are His delight. H7522
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - The one who guards H5341 his mouth H6310 preserves H8104 his life; H5315
The one who opens H6589 wide H6589 his lips H8193 [fn]comes to ruin. H4288
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - In the mouth H6310 of the foolish H191 is a rod H2415 [fn]for his back, H1346
But the lips H8193 of the wise H2450 will protect H8104 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7 - Leave H1980 the presence H5048 of a fool, H3684
Or you will not [fn]discern H3045 [fn]words H8193 of knowledge. H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23 - In all H3605 labor H6089 there is profit, H4195
But [fn]mere H8193 talk H1697 leads only H389 to poverty. H4270
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7 - The lips H8193 of the wise H2450 spread H2219 knowledge, H1847
But the hearts H3820 of fools H3684 are not so. H3651
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:10 - A divine H7081 decision H7081 is in the lips H8193 of the king; H4428
His mouth H6310 should not [fn]err H4603 in judgment. H4941
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 - Righteous H6664 lips H8193 are the delight H7522 of kings, H4428
And he who speaks H1696 right H3477 is loved. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21 - The wise H2450 in heart H3820 will be called H7121 understanding, H995
And sweetness H4986 of [fn]speech H8193 increases H3254 [fn]persuasiveness. H3948
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:23 - The heart H3820 of the wise H2450 instructs H7919 his mouth H6310
And adds H3254 [fn]persuasiveness H3948 to his lips. H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - A worthless H1100 man H376 digs H3738 up evil, H7451
While H5921 [fn]his words H8193 are like scorching H6866 fire. H784
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30 - He who winks H6095 his eyes H5869 does so to devise H2803 perverse H8419 things; H8419
He who compresses H7169 his lips H8193 brings H3615 evil H7451 to pass. H3615
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - An evildoer H7489 listens H7181 to wicked H205 lips; H8193
A [fn]liar H8267 pays H238 attention H238 to a destructive H1942 tongue. H3956
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - [fn]Excellent H3499 speech H8193 is not fitting H5000 for a fool, H5036
Much H637 H3588 less H637 are lying H8267 lips H8193 to a prince. H5081
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even H1571 a fool, H191 when he keeps H2790 silent, H2790 is considered H2803 wise; H2450
When he closes H331 his lips, H8193 he is considered prudent. H995
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 - A fool’s H3684 lips H8193 [fn]bring H935 strife, H7379
And his mouth H6310 calls H7121 for blows. H4112
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool’s H3684 mouth H6310 is his ruin, H4288
And his lips H8193 are the snare H4170 of his soul. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - With the [fn]fruit H6529 of a man’s H376 mouth H6310 his stomach H990 will be satisfied; H7646
He will be satisfied H7646 with the product H8393 of his lips. H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1 - Better H2896 is a poor H7326 man who walks H1980 in his integrity H8537
Than H4480 he who H6141 is perverse H6141 in [fn]speech H8193 and is a fool. H3684
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:15 - There H3426 is gold, H2091 and an abundance H7230 of [fn]jewels; H6443
But the lips H8193 of knowledge H1847 are a more H637 precious H3366 thing. H3627
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:19 - He who goes H1980 about as a slanderer H7400 reveals H1540 secrets, H5475
Therefore do not associate H6148 with [fn]a gossip. H6601 H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He who loves H157 purity H2889 of heart H3820
And [fn]whose speech H8193 is gracious, H2580 the king H4428 is his friend. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18 - For it will be pleasant H5273 if H3588 you keep H8104 them within H990 you,
[fn]That they may be ready H3559 on your lips. H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16 - And my [fn]inmost H3629 being H3629 will rejoice H5937
When your lips H8193 speak H1696 what H4339 is right. H4339
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For their [fn]minds H3820 devise H1897 violence, H7701
And their lips H8193 talk H1696 of trouble. H5999
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:26 - He kisses H5401 the lips H8193
Who gives H7725 [fn]a right H5228 answer. H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Do not be a witness H5707 against your neighbor H7453 without H2600 cause, H2600
And do not deceive H6601 with your lips. H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like an earthen H2789 vessel H2789 overlaid H6823 with silver H3701 dross H5509
Are burning H1814 lips H8193 and a wicked H7451 heart. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - He who hates H8130 disguises H5234 it with his lips, H8193
But he lays H7896 up deceit H4820 in his [fn]heart. H7130
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let another H2114 praise H1984 you, and not your own mouth; H6310
A stranger, H5237 and not your own lips. H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - Words H1697 from the mouth H6310 of a wise H2450 man H2450 are gracious, H2580 while the lips H8193 of a fool H3684 consume H1104 him;
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - “Your lips H8193 are like a scarlet H8144 thread, H2339
And your mouth H4057 is lovely. H5000
Your temples H7541 are like a slice H6400 of a pomegranate H7416
Behind H4480 H1157 your veil. H6777
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - “Your lips, H8193 my bride, H3618 drip H5197 honey; H5317
Honey H1706 and milk H2461 are under H8478 your tongue, H3956
And the fragrance H7381 of your garments H8008 is like the fragrance H7381 of Lebanon. H3844
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 - “His cheeks H3895 are like a bed H6170 of balsam, H1314
Banks H4026 of sweet-scented H4840 herbs; H4840
His lips H8193 are lilies H7799
Dripping H5197 with liquid H5674 myrrh. H4753
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 - And your [fn]mouth H2441 like the best H2896 wine!” H3196
[fn]It goes H1980 down smoothly H4339 for my beloved, H1730
Flowing H1680 gently H1680 through the lips H8193 of those who H3463 fall H3463 asleep. H3463
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said, H559
“Woe H188 is me, for I am ruined! H1820
Because H3588 I am a man H376 of unclean H2931 lips, H8193
And I live H3427 among H8432 a people H5971 of unclean H2931 lips; H8193
For my eyes H5869 have seen H7200 the King, H4428 the LORD H3068 of hosts.” H6635
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:7 - He touched H5060 my mouth H6310 with it and said, H559 “Behold, H2009 this H2088 has touched H5060 your lips; H8193 and your iniquity H5771 is taken H5493 away H5493 and your sin H2403 is [fn]forgiven.” H3722
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - But with righteousness H6664 He will judge H8199 the poor, H1800
And decide H3198 with fairness H4334 for the afflicted H6035 of the earth; H776
And He will strike H5221 the earth H776 with the rod H7626 of His mouth, H6310
And with the breath H7307 of His lips H8193 He will slay H4191 the wicked. H7563
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 - In that day H3117 five H2568 cities H5892 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 will be speaking H1696 the language H8193 of Canaan H3667 and swearing H7650 allegiance to the LORD H3068 of hosts; H6635 one H259 will be called H559 the City H5892 of [fn]Destruction. H2041
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:11 - Indeed, H3588 He will speak H1696 to this H2088 people H5971
Through stammering H3934 lips H8193 and a foreign H312 tongue, H3956
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 - Then the Lord H136 said, H559
“Because H3282 H3588 this H2088 people H5971 draw H5066 near H5066 with their [fn]words H6310
And honor H3513 Me with their [fn]lip H8193 service, H8193
But they remove H7368 their hearts H3820 far H7368 from Me,
And their [fn]reverence H3372 for Me [fn]consists H1961 of [fn]tradition H4687 H376 learned H3925 by rote,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Behold, H2009 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 comes H935 from a [fn]remote H4801 place; H4801
Burning H1197 is His anger H639 and [fn]dense H3514 is His [fn]smoke; H4858
His lips H8193 are filled H4390 with indignation H2195
And His tongue H3956 is like a consuming H398 fire; H784
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 - You will no H3808 longer see H7200 a fierce H3267 people, H5971
A people H5971 of [fn]unintelligible H6012 speech H8193 [fn]which no H4480 one comprehends, H8085
Of a stammering H3932 tongue H3956 [fn]which no H369 one H369 understands. H998
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - “I say, H559 ‘Your counsel H6098 and strength H1369 for the war H4421 are only H389 [fn]empty H8193 words.’ H1697 Now H6258 on whom H4310 do you rely, H982 that you have rebelled H4775 against me?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:29 - “Because H3282 of your raging H7264 against H413 Me
And because your [fn]arrogance H7600 has come H5927 up to My ears, H241
Therefore I will put H7760 My hook H2397 in your nose H639
And My bridle H4964 in your lips, H8193
And I will turn H7725 you back H7725 by the way H1870 which H834 you came. H935
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - Creating H1254 the [fn]praise H5108 of the lips. H8193
Peace, H7965 peace H7965 to him who is far H7350 and to him who is near,” H7138
Says H559 the LORD, H3068 “and I will heal H7495 him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands H3709 are defiled H1351 with blood H1818
And your fingers H676 with iniquity; H5771
Your lips H8193 have spoken H1696 falsehood, H8267
Your tongue H3956 mutters H1897 wickedness. H5766
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - But as for me, I have not hurried H213 away from being a shepherd H7462 after H310 You,
Nor H3808 have I longed H183 for the woeful H605 day; H3117
You Yourself H859 know H3045 that the utterance H4161 of my lips H8193
Was in Your presence. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:62 - The lips H8193 of my assailants H6965 and their whispering H1902
Are against H5921 me all H3605 day H3117 long.

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