στόμα,
στόματος,
τό (apparently equivalent to
τομα, with sigma
σ prefixed, from
τέμνω,
τετομα, therefore properly, 'cutting' (or 'cut'; so
Etym. Magn. 728, 18; others, 'calling', etc.; but doubtful, cf.
Curtius, § 226 b.;
Vanicek, p. 1141 and references)); from
Homer down; Hebrew
פֶּה;
the mouth;
1. properly,
the mouth as a part of the body: of man,
John 19:29;
Acts 11:8;
Revelation 1:16;
Revelation 3:16, and often; of animals — as of a fish,
Matthew 17:27; of a horse,
James 3:3;
Revelation 9:17; of a serpent,
Revelation 12:15;
Revelation 13:5; the jaws of a lion,
2 Timothy 4:17;
Hebrews 11:33;
Revelation 13:2. Since the thoughts of man's soul find verbal utterance by his mouth,
καρδία (`the heart' or soul) and
στόμα 'the mouth' are distinguished:
Matthew 12:34;
Matthew 15:8 Rec. from
Isaiah 29:13;
Romans 10:8,
10; in phrases chiefly of a Hebraistic character, the mouth (as the organ of speech) is mentioned in connection with words and speech,
Matthew 21:16 (from
Psalm 8:3), and words are said to proceed
ἐκ τοῦ στόματος,
Matthew 4:4 (from
Deuteronomy 8:3);
Luke 4:22;
Ephesians 4:29;
Colossians 3:8;
James 3:10;
τό στόμα λαλεῖ τί,
Jude 1:16; on the Hebrew phrase
ἀνοίγειν τό στόμα, see
ἀνοίγω, p. 48{a} bottom
ἡ ἄνοιξις τοῦ στοματου Ephesians 6:19;
στόμα πρός στόμα λαλῆσαι (
אֶל־פֶּה פֶּה דִּבֶּר,
Numbers 12:8) literally,
mouth (turned) to mouth (
A. V. face to face),
2 John 1:12;
3 John 1:14, (
τό στόμα πρός τό στόμα, of a kiss,
Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 32); God or the Holy Spirit is said to speak
διά τοῦ στόματος τίνος (cf.
Buttmann, 183 (159)),
Luke 1:70;
Acts 1:16;
Acts 3:18,
21;
Acts 4:25; or a person is said to hear a thing
διά τοῦ στόματος,
Acts 15:7; or
ἀπό τοῦ στόματος τοῦ,
from his own mouth, i. e. what he has just said,
Luke 22:71; or
ἐκ τοῦ στόματος,
Acts 22:14;
θρευσαι τί ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ,
Luke 11:54;
τό πνεῦμα τοῦ στόματος (
the breath of his mouth, see
πνεῦμα, 1 b.),
2 Thessalonians 2:8 (
Psalm 32:6 (
Ps. 33:6), cf.
Isaiah 11:4);
ἡ ῤομφαία τοῦ στοματου, a figure portraying the destructive power of the words of Christ the judge,
Revelation 2:16;
δόλος or
ψεῦδος ἐν τῷ στόματι,
1 Peter 2:22 and
Revelation 14:5 (from
Isaiah 53:9);
στόμα is put for 'statements', declarations, in
Matthew 18:16 and
2 Corinthians 13:1 (
Deuteronomy 19:15);
Luke 19:22 (
Ecclesiastes 8:2).
διδόναι τίνι στόμα, apt forms of speech (as distinguished from the substance of speech,
ἡ σοφία),
Luke 21:15;
στόμα for one who has begun (or is about) to speak,
Romans 3:19 (
Psalm 106:42 (
Ps. 107:42); cf.
πᾶν γόνυ and
πᾶσα γλῶσσα,
Philippians 2:10f, from
Isaiah 45:23); metaphorically, the earth is said to open its mouth and
καταπίνειν τί,
Revelation 12:16.
2. Like Latin
acies,
στόμα μαχαίρας, the
edge of the sword (
פִּי־חֶרֶב,
Genesis 34:26; (
Joshua 19:48;
Jeremiah 21:7, etc.);
Judges 18:27, etc.;
2 Samuel 15:14 (but in the last two passages the
Sept. render the Hebrew phrase by
στόμα ῤομφαίας, which (together with
στόμα ξίφους) is the more common translation; cf.
Winers Grammar, 18, 30;
Buttmann, 320 (274) n.)):
Luke 21:24;
Hebrews 11:34 (hence,
δίστομος, which see;
אָכַל of a sword,
2 Samuel 2:26;
2 Samuel 11:25).
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