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GreekG5491Noun (Neuter)

χεῖλος

cheilos

7Occurrences
G5491Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)

from a form of the same as G5490 (χάσμα);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a lip (as in Heb., of the lip as the organ of speech): , " (LXX) . Metaphorical, of things, an edge, brink, etc. (Hom., Hdt.): of the sea­shore.
LXX: chiefly for שָׂפָה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

χεῖλος appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hebrews
2
1 Corinthians
1
1 Peter
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 14:21BSB

It is written in the Law:“By strange tongues and foreign lipsI will speak to this people,but even then they will not listen to Me,says the Lord.”

1 Peter 3:10BSB

For,“Whoever would love lifeand see good daysmust keep his tongue from eviland his lips from deceitful speech.

Hebrews 11:12BSB

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Hebrews 13:15BSB

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

Matthew 15:8BSB

‘These people honor Me with their lips,but their hearts are far from Me.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.