Mouth
פֻּםStrong’s H6433pum
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pum is the Aramaic word usually translated “mouth of”, “mouth” and “mouth its”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.”
Meaning
- Mouth
How it's translated
- mouth of 2
- and a mouth 2
- in mouth of 1
- in mouth its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 6:17In contextAnd a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
- Daniel 6:22In contextMy God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
- Daniel 7:5In contextAnd behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
- Daniel 7:8In contextI considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
- Daniel 7:20In contextAnd of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Aramaic dictionary
פֻּם pum · mouth
mouth Aramaic of peh (פֶּה ": lip" H6310)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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
- The aperture in the head of an animal, between the lips, by which he utters his voice and receives food.
- The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied; as the mouth of a jar or pitcher.
- The part or channel of a river by which its waters are discharged into the ocean or into a lake.
- The opening of a piece of ordnance at the end, by which the charge issues.
All definitions and other forms of “mouth”
- The aperture of a vessel in animal bodies, by which fluids or other matter is received or discharged; as the mouth of the lacteals.
- The opening or entrance of a cave, pit, well or den.
- The instrument of speaking; as, the story is in every body's mouth
- A principal speaker; one that utters the common opinion.
- Cry; voice.
- In Scripture, words uttered. Job 19:16Isaiah 49:2Psalms 73:9
- Desires; necessities. Psalms 103:5
- Freedom and boldness of speech; force of argument.
- Boasting; vaunting. Judges 9:38
- Testimony. Deuteronomy 17:6
- Reproaches; calumnies. Job 5:15
- To pout; to treat disdainfully.
MOUTH, verb transitive
To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; as, to mouth words or language.
- To take into the mouth; to seize with the mouth
- To chew; to grind, as food; to eat; to devour.
- To form by the mouth as a bear her cub. [Not used.]
- 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.