STRONGS NUMBER H8193


Word Summary
saphah: lip, speech, edge
Original Word: שָׂפָה
Transliteration: saphah
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-faw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: lip, speech, edge
Meaning: the lip, language, a margin
Strong's Concordance
band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language,

Or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination (compare cowph); 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.

see HEBREW caphah

see HEBREW shaphah

see HEBREW cowph

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8193. saphah

שָׂפָה176 noun feminine [masculine Exodus 28:32, edge, compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 76], lip, speech, edge; — absolute ׳שׂGenesis 11:1 +, construct שְׂפַת11:7 +; suffix שְׂפָתוֺ1 Kings 7:23 +, etc.; oftener dual שְׂפָתַיִםIsaiah 6:5 +, construct שִׂפְתֵיPsalm 12:4 +; suffix שְׂפָתַיJeremiah 17:16 +, suffix 3 masculine plural שְׂפָתֵימוֺPsalm 59:13; 140:4; 140:10, etc.; plural (in poetry and late) construct שִׂפְתוֺתEcclesiastes 10:12, suffix שִׂפְתוֺתֶיךָ‎ etc. Psalm 45:3; 59:8; Isaiah 59:3; Song of Solomon 4:3, 11; 5:13; —

1 lip:

a. usually (c. 108 t.) human organ of speech (often "" לָשׁוֺן מֶּה,‎ rarely [only late poetry] חֵךְ‎: 10 t. Job; 25t. Psalms; 45t. Proverbs): (1) Isaiah 29:13; Leviticus 5:4 (P), Job 13:6; Malachi 2:6; Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 5:3 +; שׂ ׳דַּלPsalm 141:3 (see דָּל‎); שׂ ׳אִישׁJob 11:2 = a talker, שׂ ׳אֱוִילProverbs 10:8 +? 10:10 (ᵑ0‎; but see Toy); שְׂפָתַיִם טְמֵאIsaiah 6:5 (twice in verse) compare 6:7; Daniel 10:16; שׂ ׳עֲרַלExodus 6:12, 30 (P; unskilled in speech); שׂ ׳עִקֵּשׁ19:1; שׂ ׳מֹּתֶה20:19 see [ מָּתָה‎] p. 834; שׂ ׳מוֺצָא‎ i.e. utterance, Deuteronomy 23:24; Jeremiah 17:16; Numbers 30:13 (P), Psalm 89:35, שׂ ׳רוּחַIsaiah 11:4 (of Messianic king), שׂ ׳דְּבַרPsalm 59:13; Proverbs 14:23 +, = mere, empty, word 2 Kings 18:20 = Isaiah 36:5; שׂ ׳תְּבוּאַתProverbs 18:20, שׂ ׳נובIsaiah 57:19 (thanksgiving), compare Hosea 14:3 (ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ and most מְּדִי‎ for מָּרִים‎); of flattery, שׂ ׳חֵלֶקProverbs 7:21, חֲלָקוֺת שְׂפַתPsalm 12:3; 12:4; compare מִרְמָה שִׂפְתֵי17:1, ׳שׂ שֶׁקֶר31:9 4t., אָוֶן שְׂפַתProverbs 17:4; poison beneath (compare לָשׁוֺן‎) Psalm 140:4 (figurative); שׂ ׳מֶּשַׁעProverbs 12:13; שׂ ׳לְזוּת4:24; ׳שׂ אֱמֶת12:19, ׳שׂ יָ֑תֶר17:7, ׳שׂ צֶדֶק16:13, ׳שׂ דַּעַת14:7; 20:15; שׂ ׳חֵן22:11; בְרוּרָה שָׂפָהZephaniah 3:9; ׳שׂ רְנָנוֺתPsalm 63:5 i.e. lips that shout for joy; with verbs: שׂ ׳מָּתַח‎ (to speak) Job 11:5; 30:20 (Gi 30:21), compare Psalm 51:17, שׂ ׳מִפְתַּחProverbs 8:6; שׂ ׳מָּשַׁק13:3 i.e. prate; ׳שׂ זַעַם מָֽלְאוּIsaiah 30:27; ׳שׂ‎ subject of דִּבֶּר59:3; Proverbs 24:2; עַלשֿׂ ׳נָשָׂא‎ Psalm 16:14; שׂ ׳קָרַץ16:30 = backbite; שׂ ׳אָטַם17:28 +?שׂ ׳חָשַׂךְ10:19, ׳שׂ כָּלָאPsalm 40:10. (2) lips moving in speech, with נוּעַ1 Samuel 1:13, נִידJob 16:5. (3) transition to meaning speech, לָשׁוֺן עַלשְֿׂפַת עָלָהEzekiel 36:3; = ability to speak Job 12:20.

b. organ of laughter Job 8:21.

c. of insulting grimace בְּשׂ ׳הִפְטִירPsalm 22:8.

d. quivering in terror Habakkuk 3:16.

e. feature of beauty Song of Solomon 4:3 (scarlet).

f. place of bridle 2 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29 (see מֶתֶג‎).

g. receiving kiss Proverbs 24:26 compare Song of Solomon 4:11 and (in figurative) 7:10.

h. of divine speech, שׂ ׳מִצְוַתJob 23:12, שׂ ׳דְּבַרPsalm 17:4.

2 language (see לָשׁוֺן‎), Genesis 11:1, 6, 7 (twice in verse); 11:9; Psalm 81:6; שׂ עִמְקֵי ׳עַםEzekiel 3:5-6, Isaiah 33:19, שׂ ׳לַעֲגֵי28:11; כְּנַעַן שְׂפַת19:18 (i.e. Hebrew).

3 edge: shore of sea Genesis 22:17 (J) + 7 t.; bank of river 41:3, 17 (E) + 5 t., of wady (נַחַל‎) Deuteronomy 2:36 7t.; lip (bank) of מְחוֺלָה אָבֵלJudges 7:22 compare GASmG 400; brim of vessel 1 Kings 7:23 (twice in verse) + 7 t.; edge of altar Ezekiel 43:13; of curtains (in pairs) Exodus 26:4 (twice in verse) (P) + 6 t.; of חשֶׁן‎, toward ephod 28:26 = 39:19 (P); of round opening in robe ׳שׂ לְפִיו (יִהְיֶה)28:32 = 39:23 (P).