שָׂפָה (sa.phah) means “lips” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-faw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lips
: lips/mouth 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)
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שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lip: words
: words/language 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)
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שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lip: edge
: edge/border/opening 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)
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שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lip: shore
: shore/bank(of_sea/river) 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)
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שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lip: language
: language 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)
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or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from H5595 (סָפָה) or H8192 (שָׁפָה) through the idea of termination (compare H5490 (סוֹף)); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV glosses: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lips | 22 |
| my lips | 11 |
| his lips | 7 |
| the lips | 7 |
| your lips | 7 |
| of my lips | 6 |
| the edge | 6 |
| the rim | 6 |
| speech | 5 |
| the bank | 5 |
| the seashore | 5 |
| and your lips | 3 |
| language | 3 |
| of his lips | 3 |
| with his lips | 3 |
| and its rim | 2 |
| banks | 2 |
| but the lips | 2 |
| edge | 2 |
| from rim | 2 |
| her lips | 2 |
| in speech | 2 |
| in your mouth | 2 |
| like the brim | 2 |
| on the lips | 2 |
| rim | 2 |
| the language | 2 |
| the shore | 2 |
| words | 2 |
| your own lips | 2 |
| and his lips | 1 |
| and his speech | 1 |
| and my lips | 1 |
| and their lips | 1 |
| bank | 1 |
| but lips | 1 |
| collar | 1 |
| far as the border | 1 |
| from his lips | 1 |
| from his speech | 1 |
| from their lips | 1 |
| from your lips | 1 |
| his tongue | 1 |
| in what he said | 1 |
| it comes from lips | 1 |
| its edge | 1 |
| of our lips | 1 |
| of speech | 1 |
| of their lips | 1 |
| of your lips | 1 |
| on his lips | 1 |
| on this bank | 1 |
| our lips | 1 |
| the coast | 1 |
| the slander | 1 |
| their language | 1 |
| their lips | 1 |
| their lips have caused | 1 |
| these are empty | 1 |
| to my lips | 1 |
| to the bank | 1 |
| to their lips | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| when your lips | 1 |
| whose lips | 1 |
| whose speech | 1 |
| with a collar | 1 |
| with his speech | 1 |
| with my lips | 1 |
| with their lips | 1 |
| with your lips | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lips | 23 |
| my lips | 8 |
| his lips | 7 |
| of my lips | 6 |
| of his lips | 5 |
| shore | 5 |
| speech | 5 |
| the lips | 5 |
| thy lips | 4 |
| upon the bank | 4 |
| with his lips | 4 |
| but the lips | 3 |
| in the lips | 3 |
| in thy lips | 3 |
| language | 3 |
| of the lips | 3 |
| side | 3 |
| and the brim | 2 |
| and thy lips | 2 |
| brink | 2 |
| but a prating | 2 |
| by the bank | 2 |
| edge | 2 |
| in his lips | 2 |
| of thy lips | 2 |
| on the edge | 2 |
| the language | 2 |
| the lip | 2 |
| vain | 2 |
| a band | 1 |
| a language | 1 |
| and his lips | 1 |
| and in his lips | 1 |
| and my lips | 1 |
| and not thine own lips | 1 |
| and their lips | 1 |
| and under the brim | 1 |
| and with their lips | 1 |
| behold at the bank | 1 |
| by the brink | 1 |
| causing the lips | 1 |
| for the lips | 1 |
| from brim | 1 |
| from the one brim | 1 |
| full of talk | 1 |
| he upon the edge | 1 |
| in the border | 1 |
| in the edge | 1 |
| in their lips | 1 |
| into my lips | 1 |
| into thy lips | 1 |
| like the brim | 1 |
| of her lips | 1 |
| of our lips | 1 |
| of the bank | 1 |
| of the brim | 1 |
| of their lips | 1 |
| of their own lips | 1 |
| on that side of the bank | 1 |
| on the bank | 1 |
| on the shore | 1 |
| only her lips | 1 |
| ought out of her lips | 1 |
| our lips | 1 |
| out of her lips | 1 |
| the speech | 1 |
| thee and not i yea thine own lips | 1 |
| their language | 1 |
| thereof by the edge | 1 |
| thereof it shall have a binding | 1 |
| thou my lips | 1 |
| to brim | 1 |
| to his lips | 1 |
| to my lips | 1 |
| to the border | 1 |
| to the brink | 1 |
| to the other | 1 |
| under their lips | 1 |
| upon the border | 1 |
| upon the brink | 1 |
| upon the edge | 1 |
| when thy lips | 1 |
| which my lips | 1 |
| with her lips | 1 |
| with my lips | 1 |
| with thy lips | 1 |
| your lips | 1 |
Page 3 of 4. 164 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Read word by wordLying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Read word by wordHe who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Read word by wordThe proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Read word by wordStay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
Read word by wordThere is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Read word by wordThe lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
Read word by wordA divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
Read word by wordRighteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
Read word by wordThe wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
Read word by wordThe heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
Read word by wordA worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Read word by wordHe who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
Read word by wordA wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
Read word by wordEloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Read word by wordEven a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
Read word by wordA fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Read word by wordA fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Read word by wordFrom the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
Read word by wordBetter a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Read word by wordThere is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
Read word by wordHe who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Read word by wordHe who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
Read word by wordfor it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
Read word by wordMy inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Read word by wordfor their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
Read word by wordAn honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
Read word by wordDo not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Read word by wordLike glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Read word by wordA hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Read word by wordLet another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
Read word by wordThe words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
Read word by wordYour lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
Read word by wordYour lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
Read word by wordHis cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Read word by wordand your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.10
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
Read word by wordAnd with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
Read word by wordbut with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
Read word by wordIn that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
Read word by wordIndeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
Read word by wordTherefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Read word by wordBehold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
Read word by wordYou will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
Read word by wordYou 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?
Read word by wordBecause 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.’
Read word by wordbringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
Read word by wordFor your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Read word by wordBut I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
Read word by wordthe slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
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