χεῖλος (cheilos) means “lip” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khi'-los Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
χεῖλος · cheilos · 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.† (AS)
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a lip, mouth, shore, edge, brink; meton: language, dialect.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lips | 4 |
| his lips | 1 |
| of lips | 1 |
| seashore | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lips | 6 |
| with | 2 |
| of | 1 |
| shore | 1 |
| the | 1 |
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‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Read word by wordJesus 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.
Read word by word“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Read word by wordIt 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.”
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordThrough Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Read word by wordFor, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
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