Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8193
שָׂפָה
saphahsaw-faw'
lips
176 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sâphâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8193is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 25 of 39Old Testament books
- 91spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8193
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
The King James renders it: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
saphah is rendered "lips". It stands 176 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-five books.
- Forty-six of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 11:1Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
- The Greek text spells it ninety-one different ways.
The first use
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
Genesis 11:1שָׂפָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Forty-six of the word's 176 uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- lips my19
- lips of17
- lips16
- lips his15
- edge of11
- lips your9
- shore of8
- bank of7
- a lip of6
- lips her5
- lip4
- lips their4
and 35 more, 176 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 176, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
91 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שְׂפַ֥ת13
- שְׂפַת־12
- שְׂפַ֣ת8
- שְׂפָתַ֣י7
- שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו7
- שִׂפְתֵ֣י6
- שִׂפְתֵי־6
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם5
- שְׂפָתָ֣יו4
- שְׂפָתַ֔יִם4
- שְׂפַ֤ת3
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י3
and 79 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)39HNcfsc
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)17HNcfdc
- noun · feminine dual16HNcfda
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular15HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular14HNcfdc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine singular9HNcfsa
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular7HNcfdc/Sp2ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular5HNcfdc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HR/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HNcfdc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural4HNcfdc/Sp3mp
Genesis
eight uses
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
- שָׂפָ֣הsafahnoun · feminine singulartagged: language
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
- וְשָׂפָ֤הvesafahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a language
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
- שְׂפָתָ֑םsefatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: language their
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: language of
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
- שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: language of
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shore of
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bank of
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bank of
Exodus
seventeen uses
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bank of
But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
- שְׂפָתָֽיִם׃ פsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
- שְׂפָתַ֔יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
- שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bank of
That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shore of
Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.
- שְׂפַ֤תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
- בִּשְׂפַ֣תbisfatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on edge of
Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
- שְׂפַ֤תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
- שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
- שְׂפָת֕וֹsefatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: edge its
with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.
- שָׂפָ֡הsafahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an edge
He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.
- שְׂפַ֤תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
- בִּשְׂפַ֣תbisfatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on edge of
He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
- שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
- שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
- שְׂפָת֕וֹsefatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: edge its
with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.
- שָׂפָ֥הsafahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an edge
Leviticus
one use
Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.
- בִשְׂפָתַ֜יִםvisfatayimpreposition + noun · feminine dualtagged: with lips
Numbers
three uses
If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
- שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָsefateihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: lips her
But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
- שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָsefateihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: lips her
But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
- שְׂפָתֶ֧יהָsefateihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: lips her
Deuteronomy
three uses
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.
- שְׂפָתֶ֖יךָsefateikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lips your
Joshua
four uses
So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shore of
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: edge of
Judges
two uses
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shore of
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: border of
1 Samuel
two uses
Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
- שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָsefateihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: lips her
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- שְׂפַֽת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shore of
1 Kings
seven uses
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shore of
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
- מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹmisefatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from lip its
- שְׂפָת֜וֹsefatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lip its
Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- לִשְׂפָת֤וֹ׀lisfatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to lip its
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
- וּשְׂפָת֛וֹusefatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and lip its
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lip of
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shore of
2 Kings
three uses
Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bank of
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
- שְׂפָתַ֔יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbisfateikhapreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: on lips your
2 Chronicles
five uses
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
- מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹmisefatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from lip its
- שְׂפָת֜וֹsefatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lip its
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
- וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙usefatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and lip its
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lip of
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shore of
Job
twelve uses
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
- בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃ פbisfatavpreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: with lips his
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
- וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָusefateikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and lips your
“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
- שְׂפָתַ֣יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
- שְׂפָתָ֣יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- שָׂ֭פָהsafahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a lip
Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
- שְׂפָתַ֣יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
- וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָusefateikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and own lips your
But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
- שְׂפָתַ֣יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- שְׂ֭פָתָיוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
- שְׂפָתַ֣יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
- שְׂפָתַ֣יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
Psalms
twenty-eight uses
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a lip of
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
- שִׂפְתֵ֣יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
- שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּsefateinunoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: lips our
Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
- שְׂפָתָֽי׃sefatainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
- שִׂפְתֵ֥יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
- שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָsefateikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lips your
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
- שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- בְ֝שָׂפָ֗הvesafahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with a lip
May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- שִׂפְתֵ֫יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
- וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָusefateikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and lips your
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
- שְׂ֭פָתַיsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
- בְּשְׂפְתוֹתֶ֑יךָbesefetoteikhapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: on lips your
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
- שְׂפָתַ֣יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
- בְּשִׂפְתוֹתֵיהֶ֑םbesiftoteihempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: on lips their
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
- שְׂפָ֫תֵ֥ימוֹsefateimovnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: lips their
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
- שְׂפָתַ֥יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- וְשִׂפְתֵ֥יvesifteiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and lips of
the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
- שְׂפָתָ֑יsefatainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
- שְׂ֭פָתַיsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
- שְׂפַ֖תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a language
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
- בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃bisfatavpreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: with lips his
With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
- בִּשְׂפָתַ֥יbisfataipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: with lips my
My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
- שְׂפָתַ֣יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
- מִשְּׂפַת־misefat-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from a lip of
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹsefateimovnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: lips their
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
- שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹsefateimovnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: lips their
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
- שְׂפָתָֽי׃sefatainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
Proverbs
forty-six uses
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
- שְׂפָתֶ֥יךָsefateikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lips your
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- שִׂפְתֵ֣יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
- שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָsefateihanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: lips her
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
- שְׂפָתַ֣יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- בְּשִׂפְתֵ֣יbesifteipreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on lips of
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- שִׂפְתֵי־siftei-noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
- שְׂפָתָ֣יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- שִׂפְתֵ֣יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
- שִׂפְתֵ֣יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- שְׂ֭פָתַיִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- שְֽׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a lip of
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- שִׂפְתֵי־siftei-noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- וְשִׂפְתֵ֥יvesifteiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and lips of
Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
- שִׂפְתֵי־siftei-noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
- שִׂפְתֵ֣יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
- שִׂפְתֵי־siftei-noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
- שִׂפְתֵי־siftei-noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
- שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
- שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
- שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹsefatavnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lip his
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
- שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a lip of
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a lip of
- שְׂפַת־sefat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a lip of
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- שְׂפָתָ֣יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- שִׂפְתֵ֣יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- וּ֝שְׂפָתָ֗יוusefatavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and lips his
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
- שְׂפָתָ֣יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- שִׂפְתֵי־siftei-noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
- שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
- שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
- שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃sefateikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lips your
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
- שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָsefateikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lips your
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
- שִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥םsifteihemnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: lips their
An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
- שְׂפָתַ֥יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- בִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃bisfateikhapreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: with lips your
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
- שְׂפָתַ֖יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
- בִּ֭שְׂפָתָיוbisfatovpreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: with lips his
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
- שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃sefateikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: own lips your
Ecclesiastes
one use
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- וְשִׂפְת֥וֹתvesiftotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and lips of
Song of Solomon
four uses
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
- שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְsiftotayikhnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: lips your
Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
- שִׂפְתוֹתַ֖יִךְsiftotayikhnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: lips your
His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
- שִׂפְתוֹתָיו֙siftotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
- שִׂפְתֵ֥יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
Isaiah
thirteen uses
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- שְׂפָתַ֙יִם֙sefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
- שְׂפָתַ֔יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
- שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָsefateikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lips your
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
- שְׂפָתָ֖יוsefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
- שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: language of
Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
- שָׂפָ֔הsafahnoun · feminine singulartagged: lip
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- וּבִשְׂפָתָיו֙uvisfatavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and with lips its
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
- שְׂפָתָיו֙sefatavnoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lips his
You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
- שָׂפָה֙safahnoun · feminine singulartagged: lip
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
- שְׂפָתַ֔יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbisfateikhapreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: on lips your
bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- שְׂפָתָ֑יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
- שִׂפְתֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙siftoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: lips your
Jeremiah
one use
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
- שְׂפָתַ֔יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
Lamentations
one use
the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
- שִׂפְתֵ֤יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
Ezekiel
seven uses
For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
- שָׂפָ֛הsafahnoun · feminine singulartagged: lip
not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
- שָׂפָה֙safahnoun · feminine singulartagged: lip
therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a lip of
These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
- שְׂפָתָ֤הּsefatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: edge its
“Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
- שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bank of
When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.
- שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bank of
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
- שְׂפָת֣וֹsefatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bank its
Daniel
three uses
And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
- שְׂפָתָ֑יsefatainoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
- לִשְׂפַ֣תlisfatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to bank of
- לִשְׂפַ֥תlisfatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to bank of
Hosea
one use
Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
- שְׂפָתֵֽינוּ׃sefateinunoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: lips our
Habakkuk
one use
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
- שְׂפָתַ֔יsefatainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: lips my
Zephaniah
one use
For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
- שָׂפָ֣הsafahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a lip
Malachi
two uses
True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
- בִשְׂפָתָ֑יוvisfatavpreposition + noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on lips his
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
- שִׂפְתֵ֤יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
