שָׂפָה

Derivation

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

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

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

Translated as

lips (93), bank (10), edge (8), brim (8), language (7), shore (5), speech (5), brink (4), border (3), side (3), vain (2), lip (2), prating (2), binding (1), band (1), other (1), talk (1)

Where it appears

Found in 145 verses

Genesis

11:1, 11:6, 11:7, 11:9, 22:17, 41:3, 41:17

Exodus

6:30, 7:15, 26:4, 26:10, 28:26, 28:32, 36:11, 36:17, 39:19, 39:23

Leviticus

5:4

Numbers

30:6, 30:8, 30:12

Deuteronomy

2:36, 4:48, 23:23

Joshua

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

Judges

7:12, 7:22

1 Samuel

1:13, 13:5

1 Kings

4:29, 7:23, 7:24, 7:26, 9:26

2 Kings

2:13, 18:20, 19:28

2 Chronicles

4:2, 4:5, 8:17

Job

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

Psalms

12:2, 12:3, 12:4, 17:4, 21:2, 22:7, 31:18, 34:13, 40:9, 45:2, 51:15, 59:7, 59:12, 63:3, 66:14, 71:23, 81:5, 119:13, 119:171, 120:2 + 2 more

Proverbs

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

Ecclesiastes

10:12

Song of Solomon

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

Isaiah

6:5, 6:7, 11:4, 19:18, 28:11, 29:13, 30:27, 33:19, 36:5, 37:29, 57:19, 59:3

Jeremiah

17:16

Lamentations

3:62

Ezekiel

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

Daniel

10:16, 12:5

Habakkuk

3:16

Zephaniah

3:9

Malachi

2:6, 2:7