Lexicon / G5491
χεῖλος
cheilos
  • lip
  • a lip
  • an edge, brink

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: 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)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: a lip; an edge, brink

a lip; an edge, brink