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χεῖλος

Transliteration: cheilos · noun

7x in NTFirst: Matt 15:8
Meaninga lip, mouth, shore
Part of speechnoun
Frequency7x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsχείλεσίν, χείλη, χείλεσιν, χεῖλος, χειλέων
Example versesMatt 15:8 · Mark 7:6 · Rom 3:13 · 1Cor 14:21 · Heb 11:12
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What kind of word is χεῖλος?

χεῖλος (cheilos) is a noun that occurs 7 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “a lip, mouth, shore” and first appears in Matt 15:8.

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