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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 1 / 3 (Gen 11:1–Psa 21:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:1 -

Now the whole earth [fn]had the same language and [fn]the same words.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - And Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [fn]the same language. And this is what they have begun to do. So now nothing which they purpose to do will be [fn]impossible for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore its name was called [fn]Babel, because there Yahweh confused the [fn]language of the whole earth; and from there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, [fn]ugly and [fn]thin, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go to Pharaoh in the morning [fn]as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 -

Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4 - “And you shall make loops of [fn]blue on the edge of the [fn]outermost curtain in the one set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second [fn]set.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:10 - “You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the [fn]curtain that is outermost in the one [fn]set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second [fn]set.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - ‘Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with a sworn oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 -

“However, if she should [fn]marry while [fn]under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:12 - “But if her husband indeed annuls them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of herself shall not stand; her husband has annulled them, and Yahweh will pardon her.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - “From Aroer which is on the edge of the [fn]valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the [fn]valley, even to Gilead, there was not a town that was too high for us; Yahweh our God gave all [fn]over to us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:12 -

“So we took possession of this land at that time. From Aroer, which is by the [fn]valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - from Aroer, which is on the edge of the [fn]valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - “You shall be careful and do what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to Yahweh your God that which you spoke with your mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9 - from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba, as far as Dibon;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:15 -

“And [fn]the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;

As was Issachar, so was Barak;

Into the valley they rushed at his [fn]heels;

Among the divisions of Reuben

There was great persistence of the heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - So they blew 300 trumpets. And Yahweh set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole camp. And the camp fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 -

And he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and [fn]thirty cubits in its circumference.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - Now under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, entirely encircling the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the Sea when it was cast.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - And it was a [fn]handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold [fn]two thousand baths.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 -

King Solomon also made a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the [fn]Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13 - He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - from the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:20 - “You say (but they are [fn]only empty words), ‘I have counsel and might for the war.’ Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 -

‘Because of your raging against Me,

And because your [fn]presumptuousness has come up to My ears,

Therefore I will put My hook in your nose,

And My bridle in your lips,

And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - And it was a [fn]handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold 3,000 baths.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, “You speak as one of the wickedly foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept calamity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21 -

“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter

And your lips with shouting.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:5 -

“But would that God might speak,

And open His lips against you,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 -

“He removes speech from the faithful

And takes away the discerning taste of the elders.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 -

“Please hear my argument

And give heed to the contentions of my lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:6 -

“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;

And your own lips answer against you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 -

“I could encourage you with my mouth,

And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 -

My lips certainly will not speak unrighteousness,

Nor will my tongue utter deceit.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:20 -

“Let me speak that I may get relief;

Let me open my lips and answer.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3 -

“My words are from the uprightness of my heart,

And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 -

“Can you put a [fn]rope in its nose

Or pierce its jaw with a [fn]hook?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 -

They speak worthlessness to one another;

With a flattering lip and with a double heart they speak.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:3 -

May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,

The tongue that speaks great things;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 -

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;

Our lips are [fn]our own; who is lord over us?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 -

They have all turned aside, altogether they have become [fn]worthless;

There is no one who does good, not even one.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 -

The [fn]pains of those who have [fn]bartered for another god will be multiplied;

I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,

Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 -

A Prayer of David.

Hear a righteous cause, O Yahweh, give heed to my cry of lamentation;

Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 -

As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips

I have kept from the paths of the violent.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2 -

You have given him his heart’s desire,

And You have not withheld the request of his lips. [fn]Selah.


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