ΧΙΛΕΩΝ, χιλεων
CHILEŌN, chileōn
Sounds Like: khee-LEH-ohn
Translations: of lips, of a lip, of the lips, of the edge, of the shore
From the root: ΧΕΙΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of 'χείλος' (cheilos), meaning 'lip' or 'edge'. It refers to the lips of a person or, more broadly, to the edge or shore of something, such as a body of water. In the provided context, it clearly refers to human lips.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5491 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 10:13, 12:13, 12:14, 16:27, 18:20
- Job — 13:6, 16:5, 33:3
- Sirach — 22:27, 39:15, 50:20
- Isaiah — 6:7, 11:4
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
- ΧΙΛΗ — lip, a lip, lips, a shore, a bank, a brim
- ΧΙΛΟΝ — lip, a lip, shore, a shore, edge, an edge
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