Words the Bible translates as lips
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- cheilosχεῖλοςthe lips, and by extension the words that come out of them: what a person actually says out loud
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- the outer edge or rim of something, used in the New Testament for the shore where the sea meets the land
- saphahשָׂפָהlip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
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- edge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
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