Greek · Strong's G5491
χεῖλος
cheiloskhi'-los
a lip (as a pouring place)
1890 spelling: cheîlos
- χ600
- ε5
- ι10
- λ30
- ο70
- ς200
Isopsephy 915
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)
Rendered in the KJV as
lip, shore.
- 7occurrencesin the New Testament
- 6 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- χείλεσίν2
- χείλη2
- χείλεσιν1
- χειλέων1
- χεῖλος1
How it is rendered · 3
- lips5
- of [the] lips1
- shore1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural3
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural2
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1
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- N-DPN · 3
- N-APN · 2
- N-ASN · 1
- N-GPN · 1
All 7, in canonical order
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Where this word lives
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Matthew1 occurrence
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 11:12χεῖλοςcheilosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularAnd so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.here: shore
- Hebrews 13:15χειλέωνcheileōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralThrough Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.here: of [the] lips