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Mouth

στόμαStrong’s G4750

stoma

Appears in 72 verses of the New Testament

In short

Stoma is the Greek word usually translated “mouth”, “mouths” and “testimony”. It appears in 72 verses of the New Testament.

“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:”
2 Thessalonians 2:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “mouth”, “mouths” and “testimony”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • mouth 67
  • mouths 5
  • a mouth 2
  • testimony 1
  • by edge 1
  • through mouth 1
  • in the mouth 1
  • blades 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Revelation 18
  • Acts 12
  • Matthew 11
  • Luke 9
  • Romans 6
  • 2 Corinthians 2

17 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 72 verses, by book
John 1
19:29
2 Corinthians 2
6:1113:1
Ephesians 2
4:296:19
Colossians 1
3:8
2 Thessalonians 1
2:8
2 Timothy 1
4:17
Hebrews 2
11:3311:34
James 2
3:33:10
1 Peter 1
2:22
2 John 1
1:12
3 John 1
1:14
Jude 1
1:16
Greek dictionary

στόμα stoma · mouth

στόμα, -τος, τό [in LXX chiefly for פֻּם ;] the mouth: of man, Mat.15:11, Jhn.19:29, Act.11:8, al.; of animals, Mat.17:27, 2Ti.4:17 (fig.), Heb.11:33, Jas.3:3, al.; figuratively, of inanimate things (ποταμοῦ, Hom.), ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ σ., Rev.12:16; σ. μαχαίρας (Heb. חֶרֶב ־פֶּה, Gen.34:26 al.), the edge of the sword, Luk.21:24, Heb.11:34; esp. of the mouth as the organ of speech: opposite to καρδία, Mat.12:34, Rom.10:8, 10; in various phrases (some cl., some resembling Hebrew; cf. Bl., § 40, 9): ἀνοίγειν τ. σ. (see: ἀνοίγω); σ. πρὸς σ. (פֶּה ־אֵל פֶּה Num.12:8; = cl., κατὰ σ., Hdt., al.), face …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “mouth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MOUTH, noun

  1. The aperture in the head of an animal, between the lips, by which he utters his voice and receives food.
  2. The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied; as the mouth of a jar or pitcher.
  3. The part or channel of a river by which its waters are discharged into the ocean or into a lake.
  4. The opening of a piece of ordnance at the end, by which the charge issues.
All definitions and other forms of “mouth”
  1. The aperture of a vessel in animal bodies, by which fluids or other matter is received or discharged; as the mouth of the lacteals.
  2. The opening or entrance of a cave, pit, well or den.
  3. The instrument of speaking; as, the story is in every body's mouth
  4. A principal speaker; one that utters the common opinion.
  5. Cry; voice.
  6. In Scripture, words uttered. Job 19:16Isaiah 49:2Psalms 73:9
  7. Desires; necessities. Psalms 103:5
  8. Freedom and boldness of speech; force of argument.
  9. Boasting; vaunting. Judges 9:38
  10. Testimony. Deuteronomy 17:6
  11. Reproaches; calumnies. Job 5:15
  12. To pout; to treat disdainfully.

MOUTH, verb transitive

To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; as, to mouth words or language.

  1. To take into the mouth; to seize with the mouth
  2. To chew; to grind, as food; to eat; to devour.
  3. To form by the mouth as a bear her cub. [Not used.]
  4. To reproach; to insult.

MOUTH, verb intransitive

To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant; as a mouthing actor.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.