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Strong's #5491 - χεῖλος
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χεῖλος
(Dor. χῆλος Cerc. 1.5, Aeol. χέλλος Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.278), εος, τό: pl., gen. χειλῶν Arist. HA 492b26; χειλέων Herod. 3.4, LXX Proverbs 12:13, al., Plu. Cat.Ma. 12, v.l. in D.H. Comp. 14: poet. dat. χείλεσσι (v. infr.): —
lip, Hom., etc.: prov., ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν laughed with the lips only, Il. 15.102; χείλεα μέν τ' ἐδίην', ὑπερῴην δ' οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly, 22.495; νέκταρ ἐν χείλεσσι στάξοισι Pi. P. 9.63; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ., of Pericles, Eup. 94.5; χείλεσιν διδοὺς ὀδόντας E. Ba. 621 (troch.); χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, Ar. Ra. 678 (lyr.); δάκνων τὰ χ., of one in a difficulty, Eub. 53.6; ἄχρις ἡ ψυχή.. ἐπὶ χειλέων λειφθῇ Herod. l.c.; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', D.Chr. 32.50; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opp. ἀπὸ καρδίας, Plu. l.c.; ἀπ' ἄκρου χ. φιλοσοφεῖν on the surface only, Luc. Apol. 6; ἐπ' ἄκρου τοῦ χ. on the tip of one's tongue, Id. Ind. 26; προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ. (sc. τῇ κύλικι) Id. DDeor. 5.2; προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ., χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν, of persons kissing, Id. DMeretr. 5.3, Am. 53; χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν with gaping lips, Ar. Nu. 873; ἐν τοῖς χ. τιμᾶν LXX Isaiah 29:13; ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν, i.e. in strange speech, 1 Corinthians 14:21; χ. ἓν πάντων LXX Genesis 11:6, cf. Proverbs 10:19.
2. of horses, X. Eq. 6.8: of birds, bill, beak, E. Ion 1199, Opp. H. 3.247, AP 9.333 (Mnasalc.).
II metaph. of things, edge, brink, rim, of a bowl, χρυσῷ δ' ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανται Od. 4.616, cf. 132; Ἐλπὶς.. ἔμιμνε πίθου ὑπὸ χείλεσιν Hes. Op. 97, cf. Hdt. 3.123, Ar. Ach. 459; of a ditch, Il. 12.52, Hdt. 1.179, Th. 3.23; of the ocean, Mimn. 11.7, cf. LXX Genesis 22:17; τῶν τῆς γῆς τροχῶν Pl. Criti. 115e; of rivers, lakes, Hdt. 2.70, 94, Arist. HA 570a22; of the whorls, Pl. R. 616d, 616e; αὐλαίας, τείχους, LXX Exodus 26:4, Plb. 10.44.11; of the womb, Arist. HA 583a16; of a wound, Gal. 11.127.
χεῖλος, χείλους, τό, genitive plural in the uncontracted form χειλέων (Hebrews 13:15; see ὄρος) (χέω equivalent to ΧΑΩ, χαίνω), from Homer down, the Sept. for שָׂפָה, a lip;
a. in the N. T. of the speaking mouth (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32): Matthew 15:8; Mark vil. 6; Romans 3:13; 1 Corinthians 14:21; Hebrews 13:15 (on which see καρπός, 2 c.); 1 Peter 3:10.
b. metaphorically: χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης, the seashore, Hebrews 11:12 (Genesis 22:17; Exodus 7:15; Exodus 14:30, etc.; of the shore of a lake, Josephus, b. j. 3, 10, 7; of the banks of rivers, Herodotus 2 (70). 94; (Aristotle, de mirab. aud. 46; 150; cf. hist. an. 6, 16, p. 570a, 22); Polybius 3, 14, 6; (cf. Winer's Grammar, pp. 18, 30)).
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χεῖλος , -ους , τό ,
gen. pl., -εων (v. Bl., § 8, 4; Thackeray, Gr., I, 151),
[in LXX chiefly for H8193;]
a lip (as in Heb., of the lip as the organ of speech): Matthew 15:8, Mark 7:6, Romans 3:13, 1 Corinthians 14:21, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 3:10 (LXX). Metaph., of things, an edge, brink, etc. (Hom., Hdt., al.): of the seashore, Hebrews 11:12.†
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ψυχικός, the ";natural"; as opposed to πνευματικός the ";spiritual"; man in 1Co. 2:14; cf. 1Co. 15:44; cf. 1Co. 15:46. According to Souter Lex. s.v. the reference is to ψυχή in the sense of ";the principle of life and the basis of its emotional aspect, animating the present body of flesh, in contrast to the higher life."; Cf. the opening prayer of the Liturgy of Mithras with its reference to ἀνθρωπινῆς μου ψυχικῆς δυνάμεως, ";my human natural powers,"; as cited by H. A. A. Kennedy St. Paul and the Mystery-Religions, P. 143.
For the contrast with σωματικός, see Syll 303 ( = .3 656).20 (c. B.C.166) ψυχικὴν ἅμα καὶ σω [ματικὴν ] ὑπέμειναν [κ ]α [κ ]οπαθίαν. The adj. also occurs in Kaibel 815.4 ψυχικὰ δῶρα, of gifts to Mercury on behalf of a deceased wife.
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