Hebrew word

sâphâh

saw-faw'

שָׂפָה

What it means

the lip

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

Where it comes from

or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from çâphâh (סָפָה) or shâphâh (שָׁפָה) through the idea of termination (compare çôwph (סוֹף))

How the King James translates it

lips93
bank10
edge8
brim8
language7
shore5
speech5
brink4

Every place it appears 156

Genesis11:1 11:6 11:7 11:9 22:17 41:3 41:17

Exodus6:30 7:15 26:4 26:10 28:26 28:32 36:11 36:17 39:19 39:23

Leviticus5:4

Numbers30:6 30:8 30:12

Deuteronomy2:36 4:48 23:23

Joshua11:4 12:2 13:9 13:16

Judges7:12 7:22

1 Samuel1:13 13:5

1 Kings4:29 7:23 7:24 7:26 9:26

2 Kings2:13 18:20 19:28

2 Chronicles4:2 4:5 8:17

Job8:21 11:2 12:20 15:6 16:5 23:12 27:4 32:20 33:3

Psalms12:2 12:3 12:4 17:4 21:2 22:7 31:18 34:13 40:9 45:2 51:15 59:7 59:12 63:3 66:14 71:23 81:5 119:13 119:171 120:2 140:3 140:9

Proverbs4:24 5:2 5:3 7:21 8:6 10:8 10:10 10:13 10:18 10:19 10:21 10:32 12:13 12:19 12:22 13:3 14:3 14:7 14:23 15:7 16:10 16:13 16:21 16:27 16:30 17:4 17:7 17:28 18:6 18:7 18:20 19:1 20:15 22:11 23:16 24:2 24:26 26:23 26:24

Ecclesiastes10:12

Song of Solomon4:3 4:11 5:13 7:9

Isaiah6:5 6:7 11:4 19:18 28:11 29:13 30:27 33:19 36:5 37:29 57:19 59:3

Jeremiah17:16

Lamentations3:62

Ezekiel3:5 3:6 36:3 43:13 47:6 47:7 47:12

Daniel10:16 12:5

Habakkuk3:16

Zephaniah3:9

Malachi2:6 2:7