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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)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:1 - Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - That is why it was called Babel[fn]—because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 - That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4 - Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:10 - Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 - “If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:12 - But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will release her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:12 - Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[fn] (that is, Hermon),

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9 - It extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:15 - The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, sent under his command into the valley. In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 - He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits[fn] to measure around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - It was a handbreadth[fn] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13 - Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - east of the Jordan in all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben and Manasseh), from Aroer by the Arnon Gorge through Gilead to Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:20 - You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - It was a handbreadth[fn] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[fn] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21 - He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:5 - Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:6 - Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 - But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:20 - I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and reply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3 - My words come from an upright heart; my lips sincerely speak what I know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:3 - May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 - those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 - Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 - A prayer of David. Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:2 - You have granted him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.[fn]

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