στόμα, στόματος, τό (apparently equivalent to τομα, with sigma ς( prefixed, from τέμνω, τετομα, therefore properly, 'cutting' (or 'cut'; so Etym. Magn. 728, 18; others, 'calling', etc.; but doubtful, cf. Curtius, § 226 b.; Vanicek, p. 1141 and references)); from Homer down; Hebrew τΖΜδ; the mouth; 1. properly, the mouth as a part of the body: of man, Joh_19:29; Act_11:8; Rev_1:16; Rev_3:16, and often; of animals as of a fish, Mat_17:27; of a horse, Jas_3:3; Rev_9:17; of a serpent, Rev_12:15; Rev_13:5; the jaws of a lion, 2Ti_4:17; Heb_11:33; Rev_13:2. Since the thoughts of man's soul find verbal utterance by his mouth, καρδία (`the heart' or soul) and στόμα 'the mouth' are distinguished: Mat_12:34; Mat_15:8 Rec. from Isa_29:13; Rom_10:8; Rom_10:10; in phrases chiefly of a Hebraistic character, the mouth (as the organ of speech) is mentioned in connection with words and speech, Mat_21:16 (from Psa_8:3), and words are said to proceed ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, Mat_4:4 (from Deu_8:3); Luk_4:22; Eph_4:29; Col_3:8; Jas_3:10; τό στόμα λαλεῖ τί, Jud_1:16; on the Hebrew phrase ἀνοίγειν τό στόμα, see ἀνοίγω, p. 48{a} bottom ἡ ἄνοιξις τοῦ στοματου Eph_6:19; στόμα πρός στόμα λαλῆσαι (ΰΖμΞτΖΜδ τΖΜδ γΔΜαΖΜψ, Num_12:8) literally, mouth (turned) to mouth (A. V. face to face), 2Jn_1:12; 3Jn_1:14, (τό στόμα πρός τό στόμα, of a kiss, Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 32); God or the Holy Spirit is said to speak διά τοῦ στόματος τίνος (cf. Buttmann, 183 (159)), Luk_1:70; Act_1:16; Act_3:18; Act_3:21; Act_4:25; or a person is said to hear a thing διά τοῦ στόματος, Act_15:7; or ἀπό τοῦ στόματος τοῦ, from his own mouth, i. e. what he has just said, Luk_22:71; or ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, Act_22:14; θρευσαι τί ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ, Luk_11:54; τό πνεῦμα τοῦ στόματος (the breath of his mouth, see πνεῦμα, 1 b.), 2Th_2:8 (Psa_32:6 (), cf. Isa_11:4); ἡ ῤομφαία τοῦ στοματου, a figure portraying the destructive power of the words of Christ the judge, Rev_2:16; δόλος or ψεῦδος ἐν τῷ στόματι, 1Pe_2:22 and Rev_14:5 (from Isa_53:9); στόμα is put for 'statements', declarations, in Mat_18:16 and 2Co_13:1 (Deu_19:15); Luk_19:22 (Ecc_8:2). διδόναι τίνι στόμα, apt forms of speech (as distinguished from the substance of speech, ἡ σοφία), Luk_21:15; στόμα for one who has begun (or is about) to speak, Rom_3:19 (Psa_106:42 (); cf. πᾶν γόνυ and πᾶσα γλῶσσα, Php_2:10 f, from Isa_45:23); metaphorically, the earth is said to open its mouth and καταπίνειν τί, Rev_12:16. 2. Like Latinacies, στόμα μαχαίρας, the edge of the sword (τΔΜιΞηΖψΖα, Gen_34:26; (Jos_19:48; Jer_21:7, etc.); Jdg_18:27, etc.; 2Sa_15:14 (but in the last two passages the Sept. render the Hebrew phrase by στόμα ῤομφαίας, which (together with στόμα ξίφους) is the more common translation; cf. Winers Grammar, 18, 30; Buttmann, 320 (274) n.)): Luk_21:24; Heb_11:34 (hence, δίστομος, which see; ΰΘλΗμ of a sword, 2Sa_2:26; 2Sa_11:25).

στόμα stoma 78x the mouth, Mat_12:34 ; Mat_15:11 ; Mat_15:17-18 ; Mat_21:16 ; speech, words, Mat_18:16 ; 2Co_13:1 ; command of speech, facility of language, Luk_21:15 ; from the Hebrew, ἀνοίγειν τὸ στόμα , to utter, to speak, Mat_5:2 ; Mat_13:35 ; also, used of the earth, to rend, yawn, Rev_12:16 ; στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλεῖν , to speak mouth to mouth, face to face, 2Jn_1:12 ; 3Jn_1:14 ; the edge or point of a weapon, Luk_21:24 ; Heb_11:34 edge; mouth; testimony.

στόμα , -τος , τό , [in LXX chiefly for H6433 ;] the mouth: of man, Mat_15:11 , Joh_19:29 , Act_11:8 , al. ; of animals, Mat_17:27 , 2Ti_4:17 ( fig .), Heb_11:33 , Jas_3:3 , al. ; fig ., of inanimate things (ποταμοῦ , Hom .), ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ σ ., Rev_12:16 ; σ . μαχαίρας ( Heb . H2719 Ξ H6310 , Gen_34:26 al. ), the edge of the sword, Luk_21:24 , Heb_11:34 ; esp . of the mouth as the organ of speech: opp . to καρδία , Mat_12:34 , Rom_10:8 ; Rom_10:10 ; in various phrases (some cl ., some resembling Hebrew; cf. Bl., § 40, 9): ἀνοίγειν τ . σ . ( see ἀνοίγω ); σ . πρὸς σ . ( H6310 Ξ H413 H6310 Num_12:8 ; = cl ., κατὰ σ ., Hdt ., al. ), face to face, 2Jn_1:12 , 3Jn_1:14 ; 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 ); metaph ., ἡ ῥομφαία τοῦ σ ., Rev_2:16 . By meton ., for speech ( Soph .): Mat_18:16 ( LXX ), Luk_19:22 ; Luk_21:15 , 2Co_13:1 .

στόμα [page 592] For στόμα the mouth of a river or canal, cf. P Strass I. 55 .9 (ii/A.D.) δίδομε̣ν̣ τοὺς ὑπογεγρα (μμένους ) εἰς ἀφεσοφυλα̣κ̣ίαν ἀπὸ στώματο̣[ς ] ( l. στόματο̣[ς ]) Ψι [[α ]]ναλ ( ) ( the canal Psinal( ) ) ἕως κτήματος ἀμπελ (ικοῦ ) Ἰσίου Λεοντᾶτος , and OGIS 90 .25 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) τὰ στόματα τῶν ποταμῶν , the mouths of the canals. For στόμα in prepositional phrases see P Giss I. 36 .12 (B.C. 161) αἱ τέτταρες λέγουσαι ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος γρα (μματεῖ ) Νεχούθει (with editor s note and cf. Act_22:14 ), and the common καθὼς καὶ ἐν στόματι ὑπηγόρευσα , as in P Mon I. 11 .34 (A.D. 586). Στόμα πρὸς στόμα , as in 2Jn_1:12 , 3Jn_1:14 , occurs in the Berlin magic papyrus I .39 , ed. Parthey in Abh. d. kφnigl. Akad. d. Wissenschaften , Berlin, 1866, p. 121. The Hebraisms involved in such phrases are discussed by Moulton Proleg. p. 99 f.

στόμα στόμα, doric στύμα, ατος, τό, "the mouth", Lat. os, Hom. , etc. "the mouth as the organ of speech", δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματ᾽ Il. ; στ. τὸ δῖον "the mouth" of Jove, Aesch. ; Μοισᾶν στόμα their "mouthpiece", Theocr. ;—with Preps., ἀνὰ στόμα ἔχειν to have always in "one's mouth", Eur. : ἀπὸ στόματος "by word of mouth", Xen. , etc.: διὰ στόμα was "in every one's mouth", Aesch. ; πᾶσι διὰ στόματος 'tis the common "talk", Theocr. : ἐξ ἑνὸς στ. with one "voice", Ar. ; κατὰ στόμα "face to face", Hdt. , attic στ. ποταμοῦ "the mouth" of a river, Lat. ostia, Hom. , etc.; so, ἠιόνος στ. μακρόν the wide "mouth" of the bay, Il. ; στ. τοῦ Πόντου, Lat. fauces Ponti, Hdt. :—also, "a chasm or cleft" in the earth with a stream gushing out, id=Hdt. ; τὸ ἄνω, τὸ κάτω στόμα τοῦ ὀρύγματος "the opening or width" of the trench at top, at bottom, id=Hdt. "any outlet or entrance", Od. , Xen. "the foremost part, face, front": of weapons, "the point", Il. ; "the edge" of a sword, NTest. :—also like Lat. acies, the front, στόμα πολέμοιο, ὑσμίνης Il. ; so alone, Xen. generally, ἄκρον στ. πύργων "the top" of the towers, Eur. ; τὸ στόμα τοῦ βίου the "verge" of life, Xen.

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)