1. mouth, oral opening — The physical mouth as an organ of speech, eating, or expression, and by metonymy the words or testimony that proceed from it. This is the overwhelmingly dominant NT sense, encompassing every occurrence of stoma. It includes the mouth as organ of speech (Matt 5:2, 12:34, 13:35, Luke 1:64, 1:70, 4:22, 6:45), the mouth of witnesses for testimony (Matt 18:16), the mouth of animals (Matt 17:27), the mouths of prophets and saints (Heb 11:33-34), the mouths of horses (Jas 3:3), and the mouths of apocalyptic creatures (Rev 9:17-18). The 'edge' of the sword (Luke 21:24, Heb 11:34) is literally 'mouth of sword' in Greek idiom. Confessing with the mouth (Rom 10:10) uses the same physical organ metaphorically for verbal declaration. All clusters represent the same fundamental sense with only case, number, or contextual variation. 78×
AR["أَفواهِ","الفَمِ","فَاهُ","فَمًا","فَمَهَا","فَمُ","فَمُهُ","فَمِ","فَمِهِ","فَمِي"]·ben["মুখ","মুখে","মুখে।","মুখের"]·DE["Mund"]·EN["a-mouth","mouth"]·FR["bouche"]·heb["הַפֶּה","פִּי","פִּיו","פֶּה"]·HI["मुँह","मुंह","मुख","मुख-से","मुनह","मुनह-को"]·ID["itu","mulut","mulutmu"]·IT["bocca"]·jav["tutuk","tutuk,","tutukipun"]·KO["입","입-에서","입-을","입-이","입과","입에서","입으로","입으로부터","입을","입이"]·PT["boca"]·RU["рот","уст","уста","устам.","устами"]·ES["boca"]·SW["kinywa","kinywani","mdomo","na","vinywa"]·TR["ağza","ağzı","ağzımı","ağzına","ağzından","ağzını","ağzının","ağız","ağızdan"]·urd["منہ","منہ پر","منہ-سے","منہ-میں","مُنہ"]
Matt 4:4, Matt 5:2, Matt 12:34, Matt 13:35, Matt 15:11, Matt 15:11, Matt 15:17, Matt 15:18, Matt 17:27, Matt 18:16, Matt 21:16, Luke 1:64 (+38 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
στόμα, τό, Aeolic dialect στύμα Refs 3rd c.BC+; genitive στόματος, but στομάτοιο Refs:—mouth, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἱμείρων γλυκεροῦ σ. Refs 6th c.BC+; of animals, Refs 8th c.BC+ —_plural_ is sometimes used for _sing._, ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν, of kissing, Refs 5th c.BC+, and frequently in later Poets, Refs 3rd c.BC+, the very jaws of the battle, as of a devouring monster, Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 especially the…