Quick Definition
στόμα, ατος, τό n.n. the mouth, speech
Strong's Definition
probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of 5114; the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a weapon)
KJV Usage: edge, face, mouth
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | ἀποστοματίζω · δίστομος · ἐπιστομίζω · στόμαχος
8.19 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
mouth In some languages a distinction is made between terms used for the mouth when it is open and when it is closed. In ACT 23:2 presumably the mouth was closed.
The term στόμα also occurs in a number of phrases associated with speech, but while in some languages one can say ‘to speak with the mouth,’ it may be more appropriate to say ‘to speak with the lips’ or ‘to speak with the tongue.’ In a number of contexts, however, it may be better simply to say ‘to speak,’ since the addition of ‘with the lips’ or ‘with the tongue’ or ‘with the mouth’ may appear to be unnecessarily redundant.
MAT 15:11 · MAT 15:11 · MAT 15:17 · MAT 15:18 · MAT 17:27 · LUK 6:45 · JHN 19:29 · ACT 11:8 · ACT 23:2 · 2TH 2:8 · 2TI 4:17 · HEB 11:33 · JAS 3:3 · JAS 3:10 · REV 1:16 · REV 2:16 · REV 3:16 · REV 9:17 · REV 9:18 · REV 9:19 · REV 10:9 · REV 10:10 · REV 11:5 · REV 12:15 · REV 12:16 · REV 12:16 · REV 13:2 · REV 13:2 · REV 16:13 · REV 16:13 · REV 16:13 · REV 19:15 · REV 19:21
33.74 · Communication · Speak, Talk
speech, to speak (figurative extension of meaning of στόμα[a] ‘mouth,’ 8.19) to communicate orally
MAT 4:4 · MAT 5:2 · MAT 12:34 · MAT 13:35 · MAT 21:16 · LUK 1:70 · LUK 11:54 · ACT 1:16 · ACT 8:32 · ACT 8:35 · ACT 10:34 · ACT 18:14 · ACT 22:14 · ROM 10:8 · ROM 10:9 · ROM 10:10 · ROM 15:6 · EPH 6:19 · COL 3:8 · 1PE 2:22 · JUD 1:16 · REV 13:6 · REV 14:5
33.75 · Communication · Speak, Talk
speech, ability to speak (figurative extension of meaning of στόμα[a] ‘mouth,’ 8.19) the faculty or capacity for speech In LUK 1:64 στόμα and γλῶσσα[e] appear to have the same referent and therefore may be regarded as essentially synonymous.
33.101 · Communication · Speak, Talk
what is said, talk, utterance that which has been spoken or uttered
MAT 18:16 · LUK 4:22 · LUK 19:22 · LUK 21:15 · LUK 22:71 · ACT 3:18 · ACT 3:21 · ACT 4:25 · ACT 15:7 · ROM 3:14 · 2CO 13:1 · EPH 4:29
79.109 · Features of Objects · Shapes
sharp edge, cutting edge (a figurative extension of meaning of στόμα[a] ‘mouth,’ 8.19) the sharp edge of a weapon For a discussion of στόμα μαχαίρης, see 6.33.
83.39 · Spacial Positions · In Front Of, Face To Face, In Back Of, Behind
Collocation: στόμα πρὸς στόμα
face to face, person to person (an idiom, literally: mouth to mouth) the position of persons facing one another and engaged in discussion
33.252 · Communication · Speak Truth, Speak Falsehood
Collocation: τὸ στόμα ἀνοίγω πρός
to be completely open with, to conceal nothing from, to speak the whole truth to (an idiom, literally: to open the mouth to) to speak the complete truth to someone
33.125 · Communication · Keep Silent
Collocation: φράσσω στόμα
to silence, to remove any reason to speak (an idiom, literally: to block the mouth) to cause someone not to have anything to say
20.30 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Harm, Wound
Collocation: φράσσω στόμα
to stop the mouth of, to keep from harming (an idiom, literally: to shut the mouth) to prevent harm or injury being done (in the one context in the NT, HEB 11:33, a reference to lions) The particular historical reference of this phrase in HEB 11:33 is not clear. In the account in DAN 6:22 it is the angel of God which shut the mouths of the lions.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στόμα stoma 78x
the mouth, Mt. 12:34; 15:11, 17, 18; 21:16; speech, words, Mt. 18:16; 2 Cor. 13:1; command of speech, facility of language, Lk. 21:15; from the Hebrew, ἀνοίγειν τὸ στόμα, to utter, to speak, Mt. 5:2, 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, 2 Jn. 12; 3 Jn. 14; the edge or point of a weapon, Lk. 21:24; Heb. 11:34
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στόμα, -τος, τό
[in LXX chiefly for פֶּה ;]
the mouth: of man, Mt 15:11, Jo 19:29, Ac 11:8, al.; of animals, Mt 17:27, II Ti 4:17 (fig.), He 11:33, Ja 3:3, al.; fig., of inanimate things (ποταμοῦ, Hom.), ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ σ., Re 12:16; σ. μαχαίρας (Heb. פִּי־חֶרֶב, Ge 34:26 al.), the edge of the sword, Lk 21:24, He 11:34; esp. of the mouth as the organ of speech: opp. to καρδία, Mt 12:34, Ro 10:8, 10; in various phrases (some cl., some resembling Hebrew; cf. Bl., § 40, 9): ἀνοίγειν τ. σ. (v.s. ἀνοίγω); σ. πρὸς σ. (פֶּה אֵל־פֶּה, Nu 12:8; = cl., κατὰ σ., Hdt., al.), face to face, II Jo 12, III Jo 14; διὰ τοῦ σ. (of the Holy Spirit), Lk 1:70, Ac 1:16, al.; ἀπὸ (ἐκ) τοῦ σ. (cf. ἀπὸ σ. εἰπεῖν, Plat., al.), of speaking by word of mouth, Lk 22:71, Ac 22:14; δόλος (ψεῦδος) ἐν τ. σ., I Pe 2:22, Re 14:5 (LXX); metaph., ἡ ῥομφαία τοῦ σ., Re 2:16. By meton., for speech (Soph.): Mt 18:16 (LXX), Lk 19:22 21:15, II Co 13:1
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στόμα. For στόμα the ‘‘mouth”’ of ἃ river or canal, cf. P Strass I. 55° (ii/a.D.) δίδομεν τοὺς ὑπογεγρα(μμένους) els aceroφυλᾳκίαν ἀπὸ στώματο[-] (1. στόματο[ ]) ΨιΓ[[α]]ναλί ) (“the canal Psinal( γ᾽} ἕως κτήματος ἀμπελί(ικοῦ) σίου Λεοντᾶτος, and OG/S g0** (Rosetta stone—B.C. 196) τὰ στόματα τῶν ποταμῶν, ‘the mouths of the canals.” For στόμα in prepositional phrases see P Giss I. 3612 (B.c. 161) at τέτταρες λέγουσαι ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος γραίμματεῖ) Νεχούθει (with editor’s note and cf. Ac 2214), and the common καθὼς kal ἐν στόματι ὑπηγόρευσα, as in P Mon I. 1134 (a.p. 586). Στόμα πρὸς στόμα, as in 2 Jn™, 3 Jn, occurs in the Berlin magic papyrus 139, ed. Parthey in Adz. d. kinigl. Akad. d. Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1866, p. 121. The ‘‘ Hebraisms” involved in such phrases are discussed by Moulton Pro/eg. p. 99f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στόμα (stoma) — mouth. 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 mouth as the organ of speech, δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματ᾽ [Refs 6th c.BC+]; frequently in Trag., σ. τὸ Δῖον the mouth of Zeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ Φοίβου θεῖον ἀψευδὲς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μοισᾶν καπυρὸν σ. their mouthpiece, organ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν σ., of Homer, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; speech, utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἂν καλὸν φορῇ σ. [NT]: in plural of a single speaker, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐμὸν οὐ λύω σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διᾶραι τὸ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κοίμησον σ. keep silence, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δάκνειν σ., i.e. to keep a stern silence (compare ὀδάξ), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀδόντι πρῖε τὸ σ. [Refs]; so κλῄσας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐφέξετε σ.; [Refs]; σῖγ᾽ ἕξομεν σ. [Refs]; εὖ ἔχειν σ.,= εὐφημεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συγκλῄειν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. with Preps.,
3. a ἀνὰ στόμα ἔχειν have always in one's mouth, whether for good or ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. b ἀπὸ στόματος εἰπεῖν speak from memory (compare ἀπὸ γλώσσης), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. c διὰ στόμα λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσι διὰ στόματος 'tis the common talk, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
3. d ἐν στόμασι εἶχον [Refs 6th c.BC+]
3. e ἐξ ἑνὸς σ. with one voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὡς ἀφ᾽ ἑνὸς σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. f ἐπὶ στόμα on one's face, face-foremost, ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς.. ἐπὶ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὗς ἔκειτ᾽ ἐπὶ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ σ. κεῖται lies prone, of the right ventricle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ σ.,= pronus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also ὅ τι νῦν ἦλθ᾽ ἐπὶ σ. whatever came uppermost, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ στόματος Φαραώ by the command of P., [LXX]
3. g κατὰ στόμα face to face, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ κατὰ σ. θεοί (compare ἀντήλιοι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ σ. τινός confronted with him, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II. mouth of a river, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ἠϊόνος σ. μακρόν the wide mouth of the bay, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόλπου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἄνω σ. [τῆς διώρυχος] the width of the trench at top, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. mouths, [Refs]
II.2. any outlet or entrance, ἀργαλέον σ. λαύρης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χθόνιον Ἄιδα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τῶν διεξόδων σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑπτάπυλον σ. the seven gates of Thebes, [Refs 5th c.BC+],= os uteri (not distinguished from the cervix), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ἕλκους] [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. foremost part, face, front:
III.1. of weapons, point, κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; edge of a sword, μαχαίρας [NT+5th c.BC+]
III.1. b the front ranks of the battle, the front, ἀπὸ στόματος (opposed to ἀπὸ τῆς οὐρᾶς) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.1. c τὸ τῶν λοχαγῶν τάγμα σ. καλεῖται [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.2. ἄκρον σ. πύργων the edge or top of the towers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τῷ σ. τοῦ βίου at the very verge of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. ={ὀμφαλός}[Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Avest. staman-, m. 'mouth (of dog)', Welsh safn 'mouth'.)