G5491: χεῖλος (cheîlos)

G5491 χεῖλος (cheîlos)

Greek

Quick Definition

χεῖλος, ους, τό n.n. a lip, mouth, shore

Strong's Definition

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

KJV Usage: lip, shore

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χεῖλος (G5491)

noun, n. | -ους

1.62 · Geographical Objects and Features · Land in Contrast With the Sea

shore (a figurative extension of meaning of χεῖλος ‘lip,’ not occurring in the NT, except as a metonymy for speech; see χεῖλος[b] 33.74) the strip of land close to a body of water In the NT contexts in which παράλιος (1.61), χεῖλος, and αἰγιαλός (1.63) occur, it is possible to say that χεῖλος ‘shore’ probably involves a somewhat narrower strip of land than παράλιος ‘a coastal region,’ but χεῖλος evidently denotes a somewhat wider area than αἰγιαλός ‘beach, shore.’

HEB 11:12

33.74 · Communication · Speak, Talk

speech, to speak (figurative extension of meaning of χεῖλος ‘lip,’ not occurring in the NT) to communicate orally

MAT 15:8 · MRK 7:6 · ROM 3:13 · 1CO 14:21 · HEB 13:15 · 1PE 3:10

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χεῖλος, -ους, τό, gen. plur. in the uncontr. form χειλέων (Heb. xiii. 15; see ὄρος), (χέω i. q. XAQ, χαίνω), fr. Hom. down, Sept. for ADY, a lip; a. in the N. T. of the speaking mouth [ef. W. 32]: Mt. xv. 8; Mk. vii.6; Ro. iii. 18 ; 1 Co. xiv. 21; Heb. xiii. 15 (on which see καρπός, 2c.) ; 1 Pet. iii. 10. b. metaph.: χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσons, the sea-shore, Heb. xi. 12 (Gen. xxii. 17; Ex. vii. 15; xiv. 30, ete.; of the shore of a lake, Joseph. b. j3, 10,7; of the banks of rivers, Hdt. 2, [70]. 94; [Aristot. de mirab. aud. 46; 150; cf. hist. an. 6, 16 p- 5708, 22]; Polyb. 3, 14, 6; [ef. W. pp. 18, 30]).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χεῖλος cheilos 7x

a lip, and pl. τὰ χείλη, the lips, Mt. 15:8; Mk. 7:6; Rom. 3:13; Heb. 13:15; 1 Pet. 3:10; trop. χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης, the seashore, Heb. 11:12; meton. language, dialect, 1 Cor. 14:21*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

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.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χεῖλος, (1) ‘a lip,” as in Mt 158 αἰ, cf. the personal descriptions, P Petr III. τοῦξ (B.c. 234) οὐλὴ παρὰ χείλῃ, P Grenf II. 23a.6 (B.c. 107) οὐλὴ χείληι τῶι κάτω, Preisigke 53147 (Byz.) διὰ τῶν χιλέων prov, (2) ‘edge,’’ *‘ brink,” of things, as in Heb 111", cf. BGU III. 781% (i/a.D.) ἄλλα λουτηρίδια ὠτάρια ἔχον[τ]α ἐπὶ τοῦ χείλους, and Aristeas 79. Xethwpa, which 1.58 cite from the LXX (? Aq. Ex 37(38)5) in the sense of ‘‘a lip,” ‘‘rim,’’ occurs in P Oxy X. 1294%12 (ii/iii A.D.), where GH understand ‘‘a receptacle ’’ of some kind, perhaps connected with xn\és.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

χεῖλος (cheilos) — lip. χεῖλος (Doric dialect χῆλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Aeolic dialect χέλλος [Refs 4th c.AD+], εος, τό: plural, genitive χειλῶν [LXX+4th c.BC+]:—lip, [Refs 8th c.BC+] laughed with the lips only, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ., of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δάκνων τὰ χ., of one in a difficulty, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opposed to ἀπὸ καρδίας, [Refs 1st c.AD+]on the surface only, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρου τοῦ χ. on the tip of one's tongue, [Refs]; προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ. (i.e. τῇ κύλικι) [Refs]; προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ., χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν, of persons kissing, [Refs]; χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν with gaping lips, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν, i.e. in strange speech, [LXX+NT]

2. of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of birds, bill, beak, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. metaphorically of things, edge, brink, rim, of a bowl, χρυσῷ δ᾽ ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a ditch, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the ocean, [LXX+6th c.BC+]; of rivers, lakes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the whorls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐλαίας, τείχους, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a wound, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]