χεῖλος cheilos · G5491

lip

χεῖλος, -ους, τό, genitive pl., -εων (see Bl., § 8, 4; Thackeray, Gr., I, 151), ; [in LXX chiefly for שָׂפָה ; ] ; a lip (as in Heb., of the lip as the organ of speech): Mat.15:8, Mrk.7:6, Rom.3:13, 1Co.14:21, Heb.13:15, 1Pe.3:10" (LXX) . Metaphorical, of things, an edge, brink, etc. (Hom., Hdt., al.): of the seashore, Heb.11:12.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

χεῖλος ; (Doric dialect χῆλος [], Aeolic dialect χέλλος [], εος, τό: plural, genitive χειλῶν []:—lip, [] laughed with the lips only, []; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly,[]; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ., of Pericles, []; χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, []; δάκνων τὰ χ., of one in a difficulty, []; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', []; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opposed to ἀπὸ καρδίας, []on …

Where it's used 7 times

Matthew 15:8 · Mark 7:6 · Romans 3:13 · 1 Corinthians 14:21 · Hebrews 11:12 · Hebrews 13:15 · 1 Peter 3:10

Source: TBESG G5491; TFLSJ G5491

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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