H8193 שָׂפָה

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 176 KJV occurrences

שָׂפָה

sâphâh · saw-faw'

Definition

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

KJV Renderings

band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

Derivation / Etymology

or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from H5595 (סָפָה) or H8192 (שָׁפָה) through the idea of termination (compare H5490 (סוֹף));

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 176)

Genesis 11:1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Exodus 36:17And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
1 Kings 7:26And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
Job 33:3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Psalms 106:33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Isaiah 33:19Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.