G5491

χεῖλος

cheilosG:N-N

lip

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)

The KJV translates G5491 in the following manner:

lips (12x), with (4x), of (2x), shore (2x), the (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

χεῖλος — cheîlos

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 שָׂפָה, 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)).

7 occurrences

Matthew (1), Mark (1), Romans (1), I Corinthians (1), Hebrews (2), I Peter (1)