χεῖλοςcheîlos
a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)
Greek (New Testament) · G5491
Meanings
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). Metaph., of things, an edge, brink, etc.: of the seashore, Hebrews 11:12.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 15:8 ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
- Mark 7:6 Jesus replied, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
- Romans 3:13 “Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with lies.” “Snake venom drips from their lips.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:21 It is written in the Scriptures: “I will speak to my own people through strange languages and through the lips of foreigners. But even then, they will not listen to me,” says the Lord.
- Hebrews 11:12 And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
- Hebrews 13:15 Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.