Lexical Definition

‎χεῖλος‎ cheîlos (khi'-los) lip ^G:N-N
from a form of the same as ‎χάσμα‎

lip, shore.

• a lip (as a pouring place)
• figuratively, a margin (of water)

Abbott-Smith

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.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χεῖλος

(Doric dialect χῆλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Aeolic dialect χέλλος [Refs 4th c.AD+], εος, τό: plural, genitive χειλῶν [LXX+4th c.BC+]:—lip, [Refs 8th c.BC+] laughed with the lips only, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ., of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δάκνων τὰ χ., of one in a difficulty, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opposed to ἀπὸ καρδίας, [Refs 1st c.AD+]on the surface only, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρου τοῦ χ. on the tip of one's tongue, [Refs]; προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ. (i.e. τῇ κύλικι) [Refs]; προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ., χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν, of persons kissing, [Refs]; χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν with gaping lips, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν, i.e. in strange speech, [LXX+NT]

__2 of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of birds, bill, beak, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically of things, edge, brink, rim, of a bowl, χρυσῷ δ᾽ ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a ditch, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the ocean, [LXX+6th c.BC+]; of rivers, lakes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the whorls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐλαίας, τείχους, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a wound, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Prov.12.13 ☩ LXX.Isa.29.13 ☩ 1Cor.14.21 ☩ LXX.Gen.11.6 ☩ LXX.Prov.10.19 ☩ LXX.Gen.22.17 ☩ LXX.Exod.26.4}