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Lexicon :: Strong's G5491 - cheilos

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χεῖλος
Transliteration
cheilos (Key)
Pronunciation
khi'-los
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a form of the same as χάσμα (G5490)
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Strong’s Definitions

χεῖλος cheîlos, khi'-los; from a form of the same as G5490; a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water):—lip, shore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5491 in the following manner: lip (6x), shore (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G5491 in the following manner: lip (6x), shore (1x).

  1. a lip, of the speaking mouth

  2. metaph. the sea shore

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χεῖλος cheîlos, khi'-los; from a form of the same as G5490; a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water):—lip, shore.
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
22:17
Exodus
7:15; 14:30
Matthew
15:8
Romans
3:13
1 Corinthians
14:21
Hebrews
11:12; 13:15; 13:15
1 Peter
3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5491 matches the Greek χεῖλος (cheilos),
which occurs 150 times in 140 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 3 (Pro 18:20–Mal 2:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied;
he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18 - for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16 - My inmost being[fn] will exult
when your lips speak what is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - for their hearts devise violence,
and their lips talk of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:26 - Whoever gives an honest answer
kisses the lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like the glaze[fn] covering an earthen vessel
are fervent lips with an evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor,[fn]
but the lips of a fool consume him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
and your mouth is lovely.
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips drip nectar, my bride;
honey and milk are under your tongue;
the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 - His cheeks are like beds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are lilies,
dripping liquid myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:7 - Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 - and your mouth[fn] like the best wine.

She
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:7 - And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:11 - For by people of strange lips
and with a foreign tongue
the LORD will speak to this people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 - And the Lord said:
“Because this people draw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke;[fn]
his lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:29 - Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:21 - A voice on the bare heights is heard,
the weeping and pleading of Israel’s sons
because they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - “‘Cut off your hair and cast it away;
raise a lamentation on the bare heights,
for the LORD has rejected and forsaken
the generation of his wrath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - I have not run away from being your shepherd,
nor have I desired the day of sickness.
You know what came out of my lips;
it was before your face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:62

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:62 - The lips and thoughts of my assailants
are against me all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17 - Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth):[fn] its base shall be one cubit high[fn] and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span[fn] around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6 - And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And behold, one in the likeness of the children of man touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, “O my lord, by reason of the vision pains have come upon me, and I retain no strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:2 - Take with you words
and return to the LORD;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept what is good,
and we will pay with bulls
the vows[fn] of our lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - I hear, and my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:6 - True instruction[fn] was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:7 - For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people[fn] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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