lip
Cheilos denotes lips in speech-related expressions and, in one comparison, the edge of the seashore.
The attested use most often names lips in clauses about speech, honor, deceit, and praise; one occurrence uses the singular in a comparison involving sand beside the seashore.
Senses in use
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Lips in speech, honor, and verbal expression · dominant
Plural forms occur in clauses concerning what is spoken or expressed: in 1 Corinthians 14:21 the APB renders speech "by the lips of foreigners," and in 1 Peter 3:10 it places lips alongside the tongue and "speaking deceit." In Mark 7:6 and Matthew 15:8, the dative plural is in the clause, "This people honors me with their lips," contrasted with a distant heart; Hebrews 13:15 calls praise "the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name," while Romans 3:13 locates poison "under their lips."
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The edge beside the sea · rare
In Hebrews 11:12, the accusative singular occurs in the comparison of innumerable descendants to "the innumerable sand beside the seashore" in the APB rendering. The verse uses the term within a location comparison rather than a speech-related clause.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the plural forms as "lips" in contexts of foreign speech, deceit, honor, praise, and poison, while Hebrews 11:12 renders the singular occurrence with "seashore." These renderings describe the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.