Hebrew Strong's Lexicon

H8193

Language: 🇧🇶 Papiamentu 🇬🇧 English

Lemma: שָׂפָה

Transliteration: saw-faw'

Definition: or (in dual and plural) sepheth; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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

Verse usage

  • Proverbionan 12:19 NASB
    Truthful lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment.
  • Proverbionan 12:22 NASB
    Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
  • Proverbionan 13:3 NASB
    The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
  • Proverbionan 14:3 NASB
    In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] back, But the lips of the wise will protect them.
  • Proverbionan 14:7 NASB
    Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge.
  • Proverbionan 14:23 NASB
    In all labor there is profit, But mere talk [leads] only to poverty.
  • Proverbionan 15:7 NASB
    The lips of the wise spread knowledge, But the hearts of fools are not so.
  • Proverbionan 16:10 NASB
    A divine decision is in the lips of the king; His mouth should not err in judgment.
  • Proverbionan 16:13 NASB
    Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And he who speaks right is loved.
  • Proverbionan 16:21 NASB
    The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.
  • Proverbionan 16:23 NASB
    The heart of the wise instructs his mouth And adds persuasiveness to his lips.
  • Proverbionan 16:27 NASB
    A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire.
  • Proverbionan 16:30 NASB
    He who winks his eyes [does so] to devise perverse things; He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
  • Proverbionan 17:4 NASB
    An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
  • Proverbionan 17:7 NASB
    Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less are lying lips to a prince.
  • Proverbionan 17:28 NASB
    Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is [considered] prudent.
  • Proverbionan 18:6 NASB
    A fool's lips bring strife, And his mouth calls for blows.
  • Proverbionan 18:7 NASB
    A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
  • Proverbionan 18:20 NASB
    With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be satisfied; He will be satisfied [with] the product of his lips.
  • Proverbionan 19:1 NASB
    Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.