Hebrew word study

שָׂפָהsâphâh — the lip (as a natural boundary)

Pronounced “saw-faw'”

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

Translated in the King James as: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

Appears 175 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Genesis — 8×

Genesis 11:1 Genesis 11:6 Genesis 11:7 Genesis 11:9 Genesis 22:17 Genesis 41:3 Genesis 41:17+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 16×

Exodus 2:3 Exodus 6:12 Exodus 6:30 Exodus 7:15 Exodus 14:30 Exodus 26:4 Exodus 26:10 Exodus 28:26 Exodus 28:32 Exodus 36:11 Exodus 36:17 Exodus 39:19 Exodus 39:23+ 3 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 1×

Leviticus 5:4

Numbers — 3×

Numbers 30:6 Numbers 30:8 Numbers 30:12

Deuteronomy — 3×

Deuteronomy 2:36 Deuteronomy 4:48 Deuteronomy 23:23

Joshua — 4×

Joshua 11:4 Joshua 12:2 Joshua 13:9 Joshua 13:16

Judges — 2×

Judges 7:12 Judges 7:22

1 Samuel — 2×

1 Sam 1:13 1 Sam 13:5

1 Kings — 7×

1 Ki 4:29 1 Ki 7:23 1 Ki 7:24 1 Ki 7:26 1 Ki 9:26+ 2 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 3×

2 Ki 2:13 2 Ki 18:20 2 Ki 19:28

2 Chronicles — 5×

2 Chr 4:2 2 Chr 4:5 2 Chr 8:17+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles

Job — 12×

Job 2:10 Job 8:21 Job 11:2 Job 11:5 Job 12:20 Job 13:6 Job 15:6 Job 16:5 Job 23:12 Job 27:4 Job 32:20 Job 33:3

Psalms — 28×

Psalms 12:2 Psalms 12:3 Psalms 12:4 Psalms 16:4 Psalms 17:1 Psalms 17:4 Psalms 21:2 Psalms 22:7 Psalms 31:18 Psalms 34:13 Psalms 40:9 Psalms 45:2 Psalms 51:15 Psalms 59:7 Psalms 59:12 Psalms 63:3 Psalms 63:5 Psalms 66:14 Psalms 71:23 Psalms 81:5 Psalms 89:34 Psalms 106:33 Psalms 119:13 Psalms 119:171 Psalms 120:2+ 3 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 46×

Proverbs 4:24 Proverbs 5:2 Proverbs 5:3 Proverbs 7:21 Proverbs 8:6 Proverbs 8:7 Proverbs 10:8 Proverbs 10:10 Proverbs 10:13 Proverbs 10:18 Proverbs 10:19 Proverbs 10:21 Proverbs 10:32 Proverbs 12:13 Proverbs 12:19 Proverbs 12:22 Proverbs 13:3 Proverbs 14:3 Proverbs 14:7 Proverbs 14:23 Proverbs 15:7 Proverbs 16:10 Proverbs 16:13 Proverbs 16:21 Proverbs 16:23+ 21 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 1×

Eccles 10:12

Song of Solomon — 4×

Song 4:3 Song 4:11 Song 5:13 Song 7:9

Isaiah — 13×

Isaiah 6:5 Isaiah 6:7 Isaiah 11:4 Isaiah 19:18 Isaiah 28:11 Isaiah 29:13 Isaiah 30:27 Isaiah 33:19 Isaiah 36:5 Isaiah 37:29 Isaiah 57:19 Isaiah 59:3+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 1×

Jeremiah 17:16

Lamentations — 1×

Lam 3:62

Ezekiel — 7×

Ezekiel 3:5 Ezekiel 3:6 Ezekiel 36:3 Ezekiel 43:13 Ezekiel 47:6 Ezekiel 47:7 Ezekiel 47:12

Daniel — 3×

Daniel 10:16 Daniel 12:5+ 1 more in Daniel

Hosea — 1×

Hosea 14:2

Habakkuk — 1×

Habakkuk 3:16

Zephaniah — 1×

Zeph 3:9

Malachi — 2×

Malachi 2:6 Malachi 2:7

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