lip

Greek Noun Neuter

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. (AS)

lip

Greek Noun Neuter

χεῖλος (Doric dialect χῆλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Aeolic dialect χέλλος [Refs 4th c.AD+], εος, τό: plural, genitive χειλῶν [LXX+4th c.BC+]:—lip, [Refs 8th c.BC+] laughed with the lips only, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ, of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δάκνων τὰ χ, of one in a difficulty, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opposed to ἀπὸ καρδίας, [Refs 1st c.AD+]on the surface only, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρου τοῦ χ. on the tip of one's tongue, [Refs]; προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ. (i.e. τῇ κύλικι) [Refs]; προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ, χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν, of persons kissing, [Refs]; χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν with gaping lips, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν, i.e. in strange speech, [LXX+NT] 2) of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of birds, bill, beak, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) metaphorically of things, edge, brink, rim, of a bowl, χρυσῷ δ᾽ ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a ditch, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the ocean, [LXX+6th c.BC+]; of rivers, lakes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the whorls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐλαίας, τείχους, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a wound, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water); lip, shore; from a form of the same as g5490 (χάσμα)