Strongs Number: H8193
- Hebrew Word
- שָׂפָה
- Transliteration
- sâphâh
- Phonetic
- saw-faw'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
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.)
- BDB Definition
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1. lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
a. lip (as body part)
b. language
c. edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
- Origin
- (The second form is in dual and plural)
- Bible Usage
- {band} {bank} {binding} {border} {brim} {brink} {edge} {language} {lip} {prating} ([sea-]) {shore} {side} {speech} {talk} [vain] words.