Strong's #8193: saphah (pronounced saw-faw')
or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}; probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):--band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ׂ / ׂ
śâphâh / śepheth
1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490)
Usage:
This word is used 176 times:
Proverbs 8:7: "truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips."
Proverbs 10:8: "in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall."
Proverbs 10:10: "with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall."
Proverbs 10:13: " In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding."
Proverbs 10:18: "He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool."
Proverbs 10:19: "not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise."
Proverbs 10:21: " The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom."
Proverbs 10:32: " The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness."
Proverbs 12:13: "The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble."
Proverbs 12:19: " The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment."
Proverbs 12:22: "Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight."
Proverbs 13:3: "keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction."
Proverbs 14:3: "of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve"
Proverbs 14:7: "of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge."
Proverbs 14:23: "there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."
Proverbs 15:7: " The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so."
Proverbs 16:10: "A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment."
Proverbs 16:13: "Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right."
Proverbs 16:21: "shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning."
Proverbs 16:23: "and addeth learning to his lips."
Proverbs 16:27: "diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire."
Proverbs 16:30: "to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass."
Proverbs 17:4: "giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty"
Proverbs 17:7: "Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying"
Proverbs 17:7: "a fool: much less do lying lips a prince."
Proverbs 17:28: "is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding."
Proverbs 18:6: "A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes."
Proverbs 18:7: "A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul."
Proverbs 18:20: "with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled."
Proverbs 19:1: "that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool."
Proverbs 20:15: "gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel."
Proverbs 20:19: "therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips."
Proverbs 22:11: "pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend."
Proverbs 22:18: "thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips."
Proverbs 23:16: "Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things."
Proverbs 24:2: "their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief."
Proverbs 24:26: "Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer."
Proverbs 24:28: "against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips."
Proverbs 26:23: "Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross."
Proverbs 26:24: "He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within"
Proverbs 27:2: "thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips."
Ecclesiastes 10:12: "of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up"
Song of Solomon 4:3: " Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate"
Song of Solomon 4:11: " Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue;"
Song of Solomon 5:13: "of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh."
Song of Solomon 7:9: "for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak."
Isaiah 6:5: "I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people"
Isaiah 6:5: "in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen"
Isaiah 6:7: "Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin"
Isaiah 11:4: "with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked."
