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Name of God’s Son

ΧΕΙΛΗ, χειλη

CHEILĒ, cheilē

Sounds Like: KHEE-lee

Translations: lips, a lip

From the root: ΧΕΙΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the lips of a person or animal. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to speech, utterance, or the edge of something, such as the shore of a sea. In the provided examples, it is used in both literal and metaphorical senses, referring to the lips of a priest and also to speech or utterances.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G5491 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection
Aristeas
  • Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:79
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
  • First Apology of Justin Martyr — 38:1
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 27:3, 101:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

From the same root

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