Definition
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): Matthew 15:8, Mark 7:6, Romans 3:13, 1 Corinthians 14:21, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 3:10" (LXX) . Metaphorical, of things, an edge, brink, etc. (Hom., Hdt., al.): of the seashore, Hebrews 11:12.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Matthew 15:8χείλεσίν · lips‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
- Mark 7:6χείλεσίν · lipsJesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
- Romans 3:13χείλη · lips“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:21χείλεσιν · lipsIt is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
- Hebrews 11:12χεῖλος · seashoreAnd so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Hebrews 13:15χειλέων · of lipsThrough Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- 1 Peter 3:10χείλη · [his] lipsFor, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.