χεῖλος
cheîlos
“a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a lip, and pl. τὰ χείλη, the lips, Mt. 15:8; Mk. 7:6; Rom. 3:13; Heb. 13:15; 1 Pet. 3:10; trop. χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης, the seashore, Heb. 11:12; meton. language, dialect, 1 Cor. 14:21*
Translated in KJV as
lipshore
Etymology
from a form of the same as G5490 (χάσμα);
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