שָׂפָה
sâphâh(saw-faw')
“the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)”
176 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Translated in KJV as
bandbankbindingborderbrimbrinkedgelanguagelipprating(sea-)shoresidespeechtalk(vain) words.
Etymology
or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from H5595 (סָפָה) or H8192 (שָׁפָה) through the idea of termination (compare H5490 (סוֹף));
Chain Links
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“And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”