Lip
χεῖλοςStrong’s G5491cheilos
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Cheilos is the Greek word usually translated “lips” and “shore”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “lips” and “shore”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- lips 5
- shore 1
- of lips 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 1 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
- 1 Corinthians 14:21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the LORD.
- Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
- Hebrews 13:15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
- 1 Peter 3:10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Greek dictionary
χεῖλος cheilos · 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lip” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIP, noun
[Latin labium, labrum.]
- The edge or border of the mouth. Job 2:10
- The edge of any thing; as the lip of a vessel.
- In botany, one of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corol.
All definitions and other forms of “lip”
LIP, verb transitive
To kiss.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.