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G4751 στόμαχος (stómachos)
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Quick Definition

στόμαχος, ου, ὁ n.m. the stomach

Strong's Definition

from 4750; an orifice (the gullet), i.e. (specially), the "stomach"

KJV Usage: stomach

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου | στόμα

8.66 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body

stomach the upper part of the digestive tract, especially the stomach In 1TI 5:23 it may be useful in some languages to translate ‘a little wine for the sake of your digestion’ or ‘... in order to help your digestion.’

1TI 5:23

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

στόμαχος, -ov, 6, (στόμα, q- V-); 1. the throat: Hom., al. 2. an opening, orifice, esp. of the stomach, Aristot. 3. in later writ. (as Plut., al.) the stomach: 1 Tim. v. 23.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

στόμαχος stomachos 1x

pr. the gullet leading to the stomach; hence, later, the stomach itself, 1 Tim. 5:23*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* στόμαχος, -ου, ὁ

(< στόμα),

prop., a mouth, an opening;

in early Gk. writers, the throat;

of the opening of the stomach (Arist.);

in later writers (Plut., al.), the stomach: I Ti 5:23.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

στόμαχος, in early Greek writers = “" throat,” but afterwards extended to ‘‘stomach,”’ as in 1 Tim 52%, its only NT occurrence: cf. P Leid W2viii. 36 (ji/iii A.p.) (= 11. p. 145) ἀμφοτέρας (sc. χεῖρας) ἐπὶ τοῦ στομάχου. The word is used metaph. in P Oxy III. 53314 (ii/iii a.p.) ὕ[ν]α μὴ ἔχωμεν cropdxov[s] μηδὲ φθόνον, ‘that we may not be caused vexation and annoyance” (Edd.): cf. Vett. Val. p. 216% γέγονε στόμαχος (‘“‘anger’’) πρὸς δουλικὸν πρόσωπον.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

στόμαχος (stomachos) — stomach. στόμᾰχ-ος, ὁ, (στόμα) throat, gullet, ἀπὸ στομάχους ἀρνῶν τάμε νηλέϊ χαλκῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ={οἰσοφάγος}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. neck of the bladder, τῆς κύστιος [Refs 5th c.BC+] “Aër.” 9; or of the uterus, [Refs]

3. later, orifice of the stomach,= στόμα τῆς γαστρός, τῆς κοιλίας, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; the stomach itself, [NT+1st c.AD+]; ἀμφοτέρας (i.e. τὰς χεῖρας) ἐπὶ τοῦ σ. [Refs]; cf. Latin stomachus.

4. anger, γέγονε σ. πρὸς δουλικὸν πρόσωπον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

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