UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: shore

Semantic entry: 1.62

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Land in Contrast With the Sea

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of χεῖλος ‘lip,’ not occurring in the NT, except as a metonymy for speech; see χεῖλος[b] 33.74: γλῶσσα / 33.74: στόμα / 33.74: χεῖλος) the strip of land close to a body of water

Notes: In the NT contexts in which παράλιος (1.61: παράλιος), χεῖλος, and αἰγιαλός (1.63: αἰγιαλός) occur, it is possible to say that χεῖλος ‘shore’ probably involves a somewhat narrower strip of land than παράλιος ‘a coastal region,’ but χεῖλος evidently denotes a somewhat wider area than αἰγιαλός ‘beach, shore.’

Sense 2: speech, to speak

Semantic entry: 33.74

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Speak, Talk

Definition: (figurative extension of meaning of χεῖλος ‘lip,’ not occurring in the NT) to communicate orally