στόμα

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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 to face, II Jn 12 , 3Jn.14 ; διὰ τοῦ σ. (of the Holy Spirit), Luk.1:70 , Act.1:16 , al.; ἀπὸ (ἐκ) τοῦ σ. (cf. ἀπὸ σ. εἰπεῖν, Plat., al.), of speaking by word of mouth, Luk.22:71 , Act.22:14 ; δόλος (ψεῦδος) ἐν τ. σ., 1Pe.2:22 , Rev.14:5 " (LXX) ; metaphorically, ἡ ῥομφαία τοῦ σ., Rev.2:16. By meton., for speech (Soph.): Mat.18:16 (LXX), Luk.19:22 21:15 , 2Co.13:1 (AS)