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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Brink

brink:

saphah, or sepheth = "the lip," "margin," "bank," "edge" (Genesis 41:3; Exodus 2:3; 7:15); qatseh, or qetseh = "an extremity," "border," "brim" (Joshua 3:8,15; Isaiah 19:7; Daniel 12:5).

See BRIM.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.