Sapham שָׂפָם
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| שָׂפָם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sapham |
| Strong's number | H8222 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | mustache |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (2) |
Sapham (Hebrew שָׂפָם, Strong's H8222) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “mustache”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
moustache
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | lips (3), lip (1), beard (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | lips (2), his mouth (1), his mustache (1), their mouths (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sapham, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 13:45And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 19:24And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 24:17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- Ezekiel 24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
Micah
- Micah 3:7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).