H8222 שָׂפָם (sâphâm) saw-fawm'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

mustache

Strong's Definition

the beard (as a lippiece)

Derivation: from H8193 (שָׂפָה);

KJV Usage: beard, (upper) lip.

TWOT Reference: 2279

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) moustache

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂפָם (sa.pham) — mustache. moustache

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שָׂפָם (H8222)

noun m · שָׂפָה

mustache = body hair growing above the upper lip

LEV 13:45 · 2SA 19:25 · EZK 24:17 · EZK 24:22 · MIC 3:7

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂפָם n.[m.] moustache base

Bible Occurrences (5)

13:45

19:24

24:17 24:22

3:7

Leviticus 13:45

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 19:24

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 24:17

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 24:22

Then you will do as I have done:... You will not cover [your] lips or eat the bread of mourners....

Micah 3:7

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.