Strong's G5491 · Greek

χεῖλος

cheilos · khi'-los

from a form of the same as 5490; a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χεῖλος (G5491)

7 χεῖλος , -ους, τό , gen. pl., -εων (v. 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): Mt 15:8 , Mk 7:6 , Ro 3:13 , I Co 14:21 , He 13:15 , I Pe 3:10 (LXX) . Metaph., of things, an edge, brink , etc. (Hom., Hdt., al.): of the sea­shore, He 11:12 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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