Quick Definition
a lip, mouth, shore
Strong's Definition
a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)
Derivation: from a form of the same as G5490 (χάσμα);
KJV Usage: lip, shore
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χεῖλος, χείλους, τό, genitive plural in the uncontracted form χειλέων (Heb_13:15; see ὄρος) (χέω equivalent to ΧΑΩ, χαίνω), from Homer down, the Sept. for ωΘ�τΘδ, a lip;
a. in the N. T. of the speaking mouth (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32): Mat_15:8; Mark vil. 6; Rom_3:13; 1Co_14:21; Heb_13:15 (on which see καρπός, 2 c.); 1Pe_3:10.
b. metaphorically: χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης, the seashore, Heb_11:12 (Gen_22:17; Exo_7:15; Exo_14:30, etc.; of the shore of a lake, Josephus, b. j. 3, 10, 7; of the banks of rivers, Herodotus 2 (70). 94; (Aristotle, de mirab. aud. 46; 150; cf. hist. an. 6, 16, p. 570a, 22); Polybius 3, 14, 6; (cf. Winer's Grammar, pp. 18, 30)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χεῖλος cheilos 7x
a lip, and pl. τὰ χείλη , the lips, Mat_15:8 ; Mar_7:6 ; Rom_3:13 ; Heb_13:15 ; 1Pe_3:10 ;
trop. χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης , the s eashore, Heb_11:12 ;
meton. language, dialect, 1Co_14:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χεῖλος , -ους , τό ,
gen . pl ., -εων ( v. Bl., § 8, 4; Thackeray, Gr. , I, 151),
[in LXX chiefly for H8193 ;]
a lip (as in Heb ., of the lip as the organ of speech): Mat_15:8 , Mar_7:6 , Rom_3:13 , 1Co_14:21 , Heb_13:15 , 1Pe_3:10 ( LXX ). Metaph ., of things, an edge, brink , etc. ( Hom ., Hdt ., al. ): of the sea\-shore, Heb_11:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χεῖλος [page 686]
(1) a lip, as in Mat. 15:8 al. , cf. the personal descriptions, P Petr III. 10 .22 (B.C. 234) οὐλὴ παρὰ χείλῃ , P Grenf II. 23 a ii. 6 (B.C. 107) οὐλὴ χείληι τῶι κάτω , Preisigke 5314 .7 (Byz.) διὰ τῶν χιλέων μου , (2) edge, brink, of things, as in Heb. 11:12, cf. BGU III. 781 ii. 11 (i/A.D.) ἄλλα λουτηρίδια ὠτάρια ἔχον [τ ]α ἐπὶ τοῦ χείλους , Aristeas 79.
Χείλωμα , which LS 8 cite from the LXX (? Aq. Exo. 37:2 [MT Exo. 38:2]) in the sense of a lip, rim, occurs in P Oxy X. 1294 .5, 12 (ii/iii A.D.), where GH understand a receptacle of some kind, perhaps connected with χηλός .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χεῖλος χεῖλος, εος, "a lip", Lat. labrum, Hom. , etc.; proverb., χείλεσι γελᾶν to laugh "with the lips" only, Il. ; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνεν wetted "the lips", but not the palate, i. e. drank sparingly, id=Il. ; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opp. to ἀπὸ καρδίας, with ""lip-service, "" Plut. of birds, "a bill, beak", Eur. metaph. of things, "the edge, brink, brim, rim", of a bowl, Od. , Hdt. , etc.; of a ditch, Il. , Hdt. ; of rivers, Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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