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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