H8222: שָׂפָם
sâphâm · pronounced saw-fawm' · “mustache”
Definition
the beard (as a lippiece)
KJV translates it as: beard, (upper) lip.
Word origin: from H8193 (שָׂפָה);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8222 is translated
- a moustache ×4
- his ×1
Bible verses with H8222 (sâphâm)
Sâphâm appears in 5 verses.
- Leviticus 13:45
And 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.
- 2 Samuel 19:24
And 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.
- Ezekiel 24:17
Forbear 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.
- Ezekiel 24:22
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
- Micah 3:7
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.