STRONGS G5491:
χεῖλος,
χείλους,
τό, genitive plural in the uncontracted form
χειλέων (
Hebrews 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):
Matthew 15:8; Mark vil. 6;
Romans 3:13;
1 Corinthians 14:21;
Hebrews 13:15 (on which see
καρπός, 2 c.);
1 Peter 3:10.
b. metaphorically:
χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης,
the seashore, Hebrews 11:12 (
Genesis 22:17;
Exodus 7:15;
Exodus 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)).
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