λάρυγξ G2995
throat, larynx, gullet
This anatomical term designates the throat or larynx, the upper part of the windpipe used in vocalization. In classical Greek, it referred both to the physical structure and metaphorically to speech or appetite. Paul quotes Psalm 5:9 in Romans 3:13, using this word in a vivid metaphor about human corruption: 'Their throat is an open grave.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — In Romans 3:13, Paul employs this term within a catena of Old Testament quotations to depict universal human sinfulness. The image of the throat as an open sepulcher suggests speech that spreads death and corruption. Cross-linguistic glosses (throat, garganta, gosier, Kehle) render the straightforward anatomical sense, though the metaphorical force depends on understanding ancient imagery of speech and moral corruption. 1×
AR["حَناجِرُهُم"]·ben["গলা"]·DE["Kehle"]·EN["throat"]·FR["gosier"]·heb["גָּרוֹן"]·HI["गला"]·ID["kerongkongan"]·IT["gola"]·jav["gulunipun"]·KO["목구멍"]·PT["garganta"]·RU["горло"]·ES["garganta"]·SW["koo"]·TR["boğazı"]·urd["حلق"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
λάρυγξ [ᾰ], υγγος, ὁ, larynx or upper part of the windpipe, Refs 4th c.BC+; used in sounding the vowels,Refs 5th c.BC+; of gluttons, ἀνόσιοι λάρυγγες Refs 5th c.BC+ speech, LXX __II ={τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία}, Refs 4th c.BC+