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.)
- lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
- lip (as body part)
- language
- 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)
- Genesis 11:1 — And the whole earth was of one language (שָׂפָ֣ה), and of one speech.
- Genesis 11:6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language (וְשָׂפָ֤ה); and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
- Genesis 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language (שְׂפָתָ֑ם), that they may not understand one another’s speech.
- Genesis 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech (שְׂפַ֥ת).
- Genesis 11:9 — Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language (שְׂפַ֣ת) of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore (שְׂפַ֣ת); and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- Genesis 41:3 — And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink (שְׂפַ֥ת) of the river.
- Genesis 41:17 — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank (שְׂפַ֥ת) of the river:
- Exodus 2:3 — And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink (שְׂפַ֥ת).
- Exodus 6:12 — And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips (שְׂפָתָֽיִם)?
- Exodus 6:30 — And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips (שְׂפָתַ֔יִם), and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
- Exodus 7:15 — Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink (שְׂפַ֣ת) against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
- Exodus 14:30 — Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore (שְׂפַ֥ת).
- Exodus 26:4 — And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge (שְׂפַ֤ת) of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
- Exodus 26:4 — And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge (בִּשְׂפַ֣ת) of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
- Exodus 26:10 — And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge (שְׂפַ֤ת) of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
- Exodus 26:10 — And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge (שְׂפַ֣ת) of the curtain which coupleth the second.
- Exodus 28:26 — And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border (שְׂפָת֕וֹ) thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 28:32 — And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding (שָׂפָ֡ה) of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
- Exodus 36:11 — And he made loops of blue on the edge (שְׂפַ֤ת) of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
- Exodus 36:11 — And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side (בִּשְׂפַ֣ת) of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
- Exodus 36:17 — And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge (שְׂפַ֣ת) of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
- Exodus 36:17 — And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge (שְׂפַ֣ת) of the curtain which coupleth the second.
- Exodus 39:19 — And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border (שְׂפָת֕וֹ) of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 39:23 — And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band (שָׂפָ֥ה) round about the hole, that it should not rend.
- Leviticus 5:4 — Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips (בִשְׂפָתַ֜יִם) to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
- Numbers 30:8 — But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips (שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָ), wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
- Numbers 30:12 — But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips (שְׂפָתֶ֧יהָ) concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
- Deuteronomy 2:36 — From Aroer, which is by the brink (שְׂפַת) of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
- Deuteronomy 4:48 — From Aroer, which is by the bank (שְׂפַת) of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
- Deuteronomy 23:23 — That which is gone out of thy lips (שְׂפָתֶ֖יךָ) thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
- Joshua 11:4 — And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore (שְׂפַת) in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
- Joshua 12:2 — Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank (שְׂפַת) of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
- Joshua 13:9 — From Aroer, that is upon the bank (שְׂפַת) of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
- Joshua 13:16 — And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank (שְׂפַת) of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
- Judges 7:12 — And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side (שְׂפַ֥ת) for multitude.
- Judges 7:22 — And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border (שְׂפַת) of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
- 1 Samuel 1:13 — Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips (שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָ) moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
- 1 Samuel 13:5 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore (שְׂפַֽת) in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
- 1 Kings 4:29 — And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore (שְׂפַ֥ת).
- 1 Kings 7:23 — And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim (מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹ) to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
- 1 Kings 7:23 — And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other (שְׂפָת֜וֹ): it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
- 1 Kings 7:24 — And under the brim (לִשְׂפָת֤וֹ) of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
- 1 Kings 7:26 — And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim (וּשְׂפָת֛וֹ) thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
- 1 Kings 7:26 — And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim (שְׂפַת) of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
- 1 Kings 9:26 — And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore (שְׂפַ֥ת) of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
- 2 Kings 2:13 — He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank (שְׂפַ֥ת) of Jordan;
- 2 Kings 18:20 — Thou sayest, (but they are but vain (שְׂפָתַ֔יִם) words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
- 2 Kings 19:28 — Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips (בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ), and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 — Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim (מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹ) to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
Strong's Lexicon — S