Skip to content
mannafest.faith

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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 91
    spellings

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

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.

שָׂפָםsaphammustacheUses5
שָׂפַןsaphanto treasureUses1

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.

    Genesis 11:1

    • 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.

    Genesis 11:6

    • 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.”

    Genesis 11:7

    • 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.

    Genesis 11:9

    • 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.

    Genesis 22:17

    • 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.

    Genesis 41:3

    • 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,

    Genesis 41:17

    • 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.

    Exodus 2:3

    • 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?”

    Exodus 6:12

    • 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?”

    Exodus 6:30

    • 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.

    Exodus 7:15

    • 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.

    Exodus 14:30

    • 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.

    Exodus 26:4

    • 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.

    Exodus 26:10

    • 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.

    Exodus 28:26

    • 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.

    Exodus 28:32

    • 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.

    Exodus 36:11

    • 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.

    Exodus 36:17

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:19

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:23

    • 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.

    Leviticus 5:4

    • 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,

    Numbers 30:6

    • 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.

    Numbers 30:8

    • 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.

    Numbers 30:12

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 2:36

    • 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),

    Deuteronomy 4:48

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 23:23

    • 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.

    Joshua 11:4

    • 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,

    Joshua 12:2

    • 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,

    Joshua 13:9

    • 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,

    Joshua 13:16

    • 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.

    Judges 7:12

    • 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.

    Judges 7:22

    • 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

    1 Samuel 1:13

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 13:5

    • 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.

    1 Kings 4:29

    • 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.

    1 Kings 7:23

    • 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.

    1 Kings 7:24

    • 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.

    1 Kings 7:26

    • 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.

    1 Kings 9:26

    • 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.

    2 Kings 2:13

    • 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?

    2 Kings 18:20

    • 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.’

    2 Kings 19:28

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 4:2

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 4:5

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 8:17

    • 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.

    Job 2:10

    • 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.

    Job 8:21

    • 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?

    Job 11:2

    • שְׂפָתַ֣יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
  • But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

    Job 11:5

    • 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.

    Job 12:20

    • שָׂ֭פָהsafahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a lip
  • Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

    Job 13:6

    • 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.

    Job 15:6

    • 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.

    Job 16:5

    • 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.

    Job 23:12

    • 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.

    Job 27:4

    • 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.

    Job 32:20

    • 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.

    Job 33:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 12:2

    • שְׂפַ֥תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a lip of
  • May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

    Psalms 12:3

    • 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?”

    Psalms 12:4

    • 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.

    Psalms 16:4

    • 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.

    Psalms 17:1

    • 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.

    Psalms 17:4

    • 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

    Psalms 21:2

    • 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:

    Psalms 22:7

    • 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.

    Psalms 31:18

    • שִׂפְתֵ֫יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
  • Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

    Psalms 34:13

    • 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.

    Psalms 40:9

    • 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.

    Psalms 45:2

    • 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.

    Psalms 51:15

    • 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?”

    Psalms 59:7

    • 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.

    Psalms 59:12

    • 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.

    Psalms 63:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 63:5

    • 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.

    Psalms 66:14

    • 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.

    Psalms 71:23

    • 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:

    Psalms 81:5

    • שְׂפַ֖תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a language
  • I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

    Psalms 89:34

    • 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.

    Psalms 106:33

    • 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.

    Psalms 119:13

    • 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.

    Psalms 119:171

    • 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.

    Psalms 120:2

    • 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

    Psalms 140:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 140:9

    • 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.

    Psalms 141:3

    • 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.

    Proverbs 4:24

    • שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
  • that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

    Proverbs 5:2

    • 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,

    Proverbs 5:3

    • שִׂפְתֵ֣יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
  • With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

    Proverbs 7:21

    • 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.

    Proverbs 8:6

    • 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.

    Proverbs 8:7

    • 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.

    Proverbs 10:8

    • שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
  • He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

    Proverbs 10:10

    • 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.

    Proverbs 10:13

    • 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.

    Proverbs 10:18

    • 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.

    Proverbs 10:19

    • 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.

    Proverbs 10:21

    • 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.

    Proverbs 10:32

    • 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.

    Proverbs 12:13

    • שְׂ֭פָתַיִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
  • Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

    Proverbs 12:19

    • 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.

    Proverbs 12:22

    • 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.

    Proverbs 13:3

    • 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.

    Proverbs 14:3

    • 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.

    Proverbs 14:7

    • שִׂפְתֵי־siftei-noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
  • There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

    Proverbs 14:23

    • שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
  • The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

    Proverbs 15:7

    • 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.

    Proverbs 16:10

    • 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.

    Proverbs 16:13

    • שִׂפְתֵי־siftei-noun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of
  • The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.

    Proverbs 16:21

    • שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
  • The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

    Proverbs 16:23

    • 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.

    Proverbs 16:27

    • 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.

    Proverbs 16:30

    • 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.

    Proverbs 17:4

    • 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!

    Proverbs 17:7

    • 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.

    Proverbs 17:28

    • 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.

    Proverbs 18:6

    • 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.

    Proverbs 18:7

    • 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.

    Proverbs 18:20

    • 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.

    Proverbs 19:1

    • 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.

    Proverbs 20:15

    • 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.

    Proverbs 20:19

    • 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.

    Proverbs 22:11

    • 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.

    Proverbs 22:18

    • 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.

    Proverbs 23:16

    • שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָsefateikhanoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lips your
  • for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.

    Proverbs 24:2

    • 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.

    Proverbs 24:26

    • שְׂפָתַ֥יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
  • Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

    Proverbs 24:28

    • 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.

    Proverbs 26:23

    • שְׂפָתַ֖יִםsefatayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: lips
  • A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

    Proverbs 26:24

    • 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.

    Proverbs 27:2

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 10:12

    • 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.

    Song of Solomon 4:3

    • 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.

    Song of Solomon 4:11

    • 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.

    Song of Solomon 5:13

    • 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.

    Song of Solomon 7:9

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 6:5

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 6:7

    • 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.

    Isaiah 11:4

    • 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.

    Isaiah 19:18

    • שְׂפַ֣תsefatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: language of
  • Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

    Isaiah 28:11

    • 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.

    Isaiah 29:13

    • 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.

    Isaiah 30:27

    • 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.

    Isaiah 33:19

    • 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?

    Isaiah 36:5

    • 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.’

    Isaiah 37:29

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 57:19

    • 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.

    Isaiah 59:3

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 17:16

    • 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.

    Lamentations 3:62

    • 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—

    Ezekiel 3:5

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 3:6

    • 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,

    Ezekiel 36:3

    • 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:

    Ezekiel 43:13

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 47:6

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 47:7

    • 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.”

    Ezekiel 47:12

    • 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.

    Daniel 10:16

    • 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.

    Daniel 12:5

    • 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.

    Hosea 14:2

    • 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.

    Habakkuk 3:16

    • 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.

    Zephaniah 3:9

    • 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.

    Malachi 2:6

    • 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.

    Malachi 2:7

    • שִׂפְתֵ֤יsifteinoun · feminine dual · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lips of

The letters

Where it leads

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

Revised 2026-09-05. Every cited work, the sources registry →