Strong G5491χεῖλος
lip
- Transliteration
- cheilos
- Pronunciation
- khi'-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From a form of the same as G5490; a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively a margin (of water): - lip shore.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G5491 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lip6
- with2
- of1
- shore1
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
- Mark 7:6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
- 1 Corinthians 14:21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
- Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
- Hebrews 13:15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
- 1 Peter 3:10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χεῖλος
(Doric dialect χῆλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 1.5)], Aeolic dialect χέλλος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus in “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 2.278))], εος, τό: plural, genitive χειλῶν [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 492b26; χειλέων 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.4, LXX.Pro.12.13, +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 12, variant in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14: poetry _dative_ χείλεσσι (see. below))]:—lip, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.: proverbial, ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν)] laughed with the lips only, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.102)]; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (22.495; νέκταρ ἐν χείλεσσι στάξοισι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.63)]; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ., of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 94.5; χείλεσιν διδοὺς ὀδόντας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 621 (troch.))]; χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 678 (Lyric poetry))]; δάκνων τὰ χ., of one in a difficulty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 53.6; ἄχρις ἡ ψυχή.. ἐπὶ χειλέων λειφθῇ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus [same place])]; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.50)]; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opposed to ἀπὸ καρδίας, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [same place]; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρου χ. φιλοσοφεῖν)]on the surface only, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 6)]; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρου τοῦ χ. on the tip of one's tongue, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ind.” 26)]; προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ. (i.e. τῇ κύλικι) [Refs ([prev. author] “DDeor.” 5.2)]; προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ., χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν, of persons kissing, [Refs ([prev. author] “DMeretr.” 5.3, “Am.” 53)]; χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν with gaping lips, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 873; ἐν τοῖς χ. τιμᾶν LXX.Isa.29.13)]; ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν, i.e. in strange speech, [LXX+NT (NT.1Cor.14.21; χ. ἓν πάντων LXX.Gen.11.6, cf. LXX.Pro.10.19.)]
2 of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.8)]: of birds, bill, beak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1199, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.247, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.333 (3rd c.BC: Mnasalcas Epigrammaticus).)]
II metaphorically of things, edge, brink, rim, of a bowl, χρυσῷ δ᾽ ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.616, compare 132; Ἐλπὶς.. ἔμιμνε πίθου ὑπὸ χείλεσιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 97, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.123, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 459)]; of a ditch, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.52, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]; of the ocean, [LXX+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 11.7, cf. LXX.Gen.22.17; τῶν τῆς γῆς τροχῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 115e)]; of rivers, lakes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.70, 94, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 570a22)]; of the whorls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616d, 616e)]; αὐλαίας, τείχους, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Exo.26.4, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.44.11)]; of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 583a16)]; of a wound, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.127.)]
(Doric dialect χῆλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 1.5)], Aeolic dialect χέλλος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus in “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 2.278))], εος, τό: plural, genitive χειλῶν [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 492b26; χειλέων 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.4, LXX.Pro.12.13, +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 12, variant in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14: poetry _dative_ χείλεσσι (see. below))]:—lip, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.: proverbial, ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν)] laughed with the lips only, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.102)]; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (22.495; νέκταρ ἐν χείλεσσι στάξοισι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.63)]; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ., of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 94.5; χείλεσιν διδοὺς ὀδόντας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 621 (troch.))]; χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 678 (Lyric poetry))]; δάκνων τὰ χ., of one in a difficulty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 53.6; ἄχρις ἡ ψυχή.. ἐπὶ χειλέων λειφθῇ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus [same place])]; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.50)]; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opposed to ἀπὸ καρδίας, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [same place]; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρου χ. φιλοσοφεῖν)]on the surface only, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 6)]; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρου τοῦ χ. on the tip of one's tongue, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ind.” 26)]; προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ. (i.e. τῇ κύλικι) [Refs ([prev. author] “DDeor.” 5.2)]; προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ., χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν, of persons kissing, [Refs ([prev. author] “DMeretr.” 5.3, “Am.” 53)]; χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν with gaping lips, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 873; ἐν τοῖς χ. τιμᾶν LXX.Isa.29.13)]; ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν, i.e. in strange speech, [LXX+NT (NT.1Cor.14.21; χ. ἓν πάντων LXX.Gen.11.6, cf. LXX.Pro.10.19.)]
2 of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.8)]: of birds, bill, beak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1199, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.247, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.333 (3rd c.BC: Mnasalcas Epigrammaticus).)]
II metaphorically of things, edge, brink, rim, of a bowl, χρυσῷ δ᾽ ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.616, compare 132; Ἐλπὶς.. ἔμιμνε πίθου ὑπὸ χείλεσιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 97, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.123, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 459)]; of a ditch, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.52, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]; of the ocean, [LXX+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 11.7, cf. LXX.Gen.22.17; τῶν τῆς γῆς τροχῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 115e)]; of rivers, lakes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.70, 94, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 570a22)]; of the whorls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616d, 616e)]; αὐλαίας, τείχους, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Exo.26.4, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.44.11)]; of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 583a16)]; of a wound, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.127.)]