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χεῖλος

MainId: 005378000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: χ

StrongCodes: G5491

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 005378001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: χεῖλος
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ους
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 005378001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 1.62
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features
  LEXSubDomains: Land in Contrast With the Sea
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-05-30 18:59:03
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of χεῖλος ‘lip,’ not occurring in the NT, except as a metonymy for speech; see χεῖλος[b] {D:33.74}) the strip of land close to a body of water
    Glosses: shore
    Comments: In the NT contexts in which {L:παράλιος} ({D:1.61}), χεῖλος, and {L:αἰγιαλός} ({D:1.63}) occur, it is possible to say that χεῖλος ‘shore’ probably involves a somewhat narrower strip of land than {L:παράλιος} ‘a coastal region,’ but χεῖλος evidently denotes a somewhat wider area than {L:αἰγιαλός} ‘beach, shore.’
  LEXReferences: HEB 11:12
2. LEXID: 005378001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 33.74
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Speak, Talk
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-05-30 18:59:03
    DefinitionShort: (figurative extension of meaning of χεῖλος ‘lip,’ not occurring in the NT) to communicate orally
    Glosses: ['speech', 'to speak']
  LEXReferences: MAT 15:8, MARK 7:6, ROM 3:13, 1COR 14:21, HEB 13:15, 1PET 3:10