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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 175 times in 164 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 4 (Eze 3:5–Mal 2:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:5 - “For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:6 - “not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - “therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people”—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6 - He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many trees on one side and the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - “Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons[fn] of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, “My lord, because of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me, and I have retained no strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on that riverbank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:2 - Take words with you,
And return to the LORD.
Say to Him,
“Take away all iniquity;
Receive us graciously,
For we will offer the sacrifices[fn] of our lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - When I heard, my body trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entered my bones;
And I trembled in myself,
That I might rest in the day of trouble.
When he comes up to the people,
He will invade them with his troops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - “For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language,
That they all may call on the name of the LORD,
To serve Him with one accord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:6 - The law of truth[fn] was in his mouth,
And injustice was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and equity,
And turned many away from iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:7 - “For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
For he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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