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שָׂפָה

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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine176 occurrences25 books164 verses

Definition

or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Traditional renderings: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׂפָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

176 total
  1. Genesis 11:1שָׂפָ֣ה · language
    Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
  2. Genesis 11:6וְשָׂפָ֤ה · 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.
  3. Genesis 11:7שְׂפָתָ֑ם · their language; שְׂפַ֥ת · speech
    Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
  4. Genesis 11:9שְׂפַ֣ת · the language
    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.
  5. Genesis 22:17שְׂפַ֣ת · the seashore
    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.
  6. Genesis 41:3שְׂפַ֥ת · the bank
    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.
  7. Genesis 41:17שְׂפַ֥ת · the bank
    Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
  8. Exodus 2:3שְׂפַ֥ת · the bank
    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.
  9. Exodus 6:12שְׂפָתָֽיִם׃פ · in speech
    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?”
  10. Exodus 6:30שְׂפָתַ֔יִם · in speech
    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
  11. Exodus 7:15שְׂפַ֣ת · the bank
    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.
  12. Exodus 14:30שְׂפַ֥ת · the shore
    That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
  13. Exodus 26:4שְׂפַ֤ת · the edge; בִּשְׂפַ֣ת
    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.
  14. Exodus 26:10שְׂפַ֤ת · the edge; שְׂפַ֣ת · the edge
    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.
  15. Exodus 28:26שְׂפָת֕וֹ · edge
    Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
  16. Exodus 28:32שָׂפָ֡ה · collar
    …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.
  17. Exodus 36:11שְׂפַ֤ת · the edge; בִּשְׂפַ֣ת
    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.
  18. Exodus 36:17שְׂפַ֣ת · the edge; שְׂפַ֣ת · the edge
    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.
  19. Exodus 39:19שְׂפָת֕וֹ · edge
    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.
  20. Exodus 39:23שָׂפָ֥ה · with a collar
    …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.
  21. Leviticus 5:4בִשְׂפָתַ֜יִם · with his lips
    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.
  22. Numbers 30:6שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָ
    If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
  23. Numbers 30:8שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָ
    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.
  24. Numbers 30:12שְׂפָתֶ֧יהָ · her lips
    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.
  25. Deuteronomy 2:36שְׂפַת־ · the rim
    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.
  26. Deuteronomy 4:48שְׂפַת־ · the rim
    …extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
  27. Deuteronomy 23:23שְׂפָתֶ֖יךָ · from your lips
    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.
  28. Joshua 11:4שְׂפַת־ · the seashore
    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.
  29. Joshua 12:2שְׂפַת־ · the rim
    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,
  30. Joshua 13:9שְׂפַת־ · the rim
    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,
  31. Joshua 13:16שְׂפַת־ · the rim
    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,
  32. Judges 7:12שְׂפַ֥ת · the seashore
    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.
  33. Judges 7:22שְׂפַת־ · far as the border
    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.
  34. 1 Samuel 1:13שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָ · her lips
    Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
  35. 1 Samuel 13:5שְׂפַֽת־ · the seashore
    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.
  36. 1 Kings 4:29שְׂפַ֥ת · the seashore
    And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
  37. 1 Kings 7:23מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹ · from rim; שְׂפָת֜וֹ · [rim]
    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.
  38. 1 Kings 7:24לִשְׂפָת֤וֹ׀ · the rim
    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.
  39. 1 Kings 7:26וּשְׂפָת֛וֹ · and its rim; שְׂפַת־ · like the brim
    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.
  40. 1 Kings 9:26שְׂפַ֥ת · the shore
    King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
  41. 2 Kings 2:13שְׂפַ֥ת · the bank
    Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
  42. 2 Kings 18:20שְׂפָתַ֔יִם · [these are] empty
    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?
  43. 2 Kings 19:28בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ · in your mouth
    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.’