χεῖλος

cheilos

Greek G5491 Noun, neuter 7 occurrences in 7 verses
χεῖλος 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.†

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Concordance 7 verses

  1. Matthew 15:8 χείλεσίν

    ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

  2. Mark 7:6 χείλεσίν

    Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

  3. Romans 3:13 χείλη

    “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

  4. 1 Corinthians 14:21 χείλεσιν

    It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

  5. Hebrews 11:12 χεῖλος

    And 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.

  6. Hebrews 13:15 χειλέων

    Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

  7. 1 Peter 3:10 χείλη

    For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

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