χεῖλος, -ους, τό, gen. pl., -εων (v. Bl., § 8, 4; Thackeray, Gr., I, 151),
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂפָה;]
a lip (as in Heb., of the lip as the organ of speech): Mt 15:8, Mk 7:6, Ro 3:13, I Co 14:21, He 13:15, I Pe 3:10(LXX). Metaph., of things, an edge, brink, etc. (Hom., Hdt., al.): of the seashore, He 11:12.†