Words the Bible translates as shore
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- cheilosχεῖλοςthe outer edge or rim of something, used in the New Testament for the shore where the sea meets the land
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- the lips, and by extension the words that come out of them: what a person actually says out loud
- saphahשָׂפָהedge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
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- lip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
- aigialosαἰγιαλόςshorenot studied yet
- ḥophחוֹףseashore: the band of land running along the sea, whether as a place to settle, a coastal region of a country, or a beach where ships put in
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