# G5491 χεῖλος

χεῖλος (cheîlos), Strong’s G5491: a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water) KJV: lip, shore. Occurs 171 times.

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*cheîlos* — a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)

KJV: lip, shore

Derived from [χάσμα chásma](https://besorah.bible/word/G5490) (a "chasm" or vacancy)

Occurs 171 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 15:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=8) — ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
- [Mark 7:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=6) — He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their…
- [Romans 3:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/3?v=13) — “Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”
- [1 Corinthians 14:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/14?v=21) — In the law it is written, “By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. They…
- [Hebrews 11:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/11?v=12) — Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were…
- [Hebrews 13:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/13?v=15) — Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim…
- [1 Peter 3:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/3?v=10) — For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
- [Judith 9:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/9?v=10) — Strike by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with his servant. Break down their…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 1:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/1?v=6) — For wisdom is a spirit who loves man, and she will not hold a blasphemer guiltless for his lips, because God is witness…
- [Sirach 1:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/1?v=29) —