H8193Noun, feminine176 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
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- Genesis 11:1שָׂפָה
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
- Exodus 6:12שְׂפָתָיִם פ
But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
- Job 2:10בִּשְׂפָתָיו פ
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
- Psalm 12:3שִׂפְתֵי
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
- Proverbs 4:24שְׂפָתַיִם
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
- Isaiah 6:5שְׂפָתַיִם
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.”
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.