ΧΙΛΗ, χιλη
CHILĒ, chilē
Sounds Like: KHEI-lay
Translations: lip, a lip, lips, a shore, a bank, a brim
From the root: ΧΕΙΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word, when written with diacritics as χείλη (cheilē), is the plural form of the noun χεῖλος (cheilos), meaning 'lip'. It can refer to the physical lips of a person or animal. In a broader sense, it can also refer to the 'brim' or 'edge' of a vessel, or the 'shore' or 'bank' of a body of water. The context of the sentence determines the precise meaning.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5491 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 118:171, 139:4
- Proverbs — 10:32, 12:19, 12:22, 14:3, 18:6, 18:7, 23:16, 24:2, 24:26, 27:2
- Ecclesiastes — 10:12
- Song of Solomon — 4:3, 4:11, 6:7
- Job — 8:21, 11:5, 12:20, 15:6, 27:4, 32:20
- Sirach — 1:24, 31:23
- Romans — 3:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΙΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΙΛΕΩΝ — of lips
- ΧΕΙΛΕΣΙ — (to) lips, (to) a lip, (to) a border, (to) a shore
- ΧΕΙΛΕΣΙΝ — (to) lips, (with) lips, (on) lips
- ΧΕΙΛΕΩ — of lips, of shores, of brinks
- ΧΕΙΛΕΩΝ — of lips, of a lip, of a shore, of a bank
- ΧΕΙΛΗ — lips, a lip
- ΧΕΙΛΟΣ — lip, a lip, shore, a shore, bank, a bank
- ΧΕΙΛΟΥΣ — (of) a lip, (of) a brink, (of) an edge, (of) a shore, (of) a bank
- ΧΕΙΛΩ — to kiss, to touch with the lips
- ΧΙΛΕΩ — of lips, of a lip, of the lip
- ΧΙΛΕΩΝ — of lips, of a lip, of the lips, of the edge, of the shore
- ΧΙΛΟΝ — lip, a lip, shore, a shore, edge, an edge
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