Sâphâh — H8193

H8193 · Hebrew — שפה

Pronunciation: saw-faw'

Other spellings: sepheth שֶׂפֶת

Definition

feminine noun

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

  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)

Usually translated as

bank, brim, edge, language, shore, speech, brink, border, side, lip, prating, band, binding, talk, seashore, words

Origin

or (in dual and plural) sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Sâphâh occurs 175 times in 163 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (13), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (4), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (3), Job (12), Psalms (28), Proverbs (45), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (4), Isaiah (12), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (7), Daniel (2), Hosea (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Malachi (2)

Strong's Lexicon — S