Strong G4750στόμα
mouth
- Transliteration
- stoma
- Pronunciation
- stom'-a
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Probably stregthened from a presumed derivative of the base of G5114; the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication language (and its relations); figuratively an opening (in the earth); specifically the front or edge (of a weapon): - edge face mouth.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G4750 appears in 72 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mouth68
- of3
- face3
- edge2
- with1
First verses
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 5:2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
- Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Matthew 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
- Matthew 15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
- Matthew 15:11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
- Matthew 15:17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
- Matthew 15:18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
- Matthew 17:27Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
- Matthew 18:16But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- Matthew 21:16And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
- Luke 1:64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
- Luke 1:70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
- Luke 4:22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
- Luke 6:45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
- Luke 11:54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
- Luke 19:22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
- Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
- Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Luke 22:71And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στόμα, τό,
Aeolic dialect στύμα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.25)]; genitive στόματος, but στομάτοιο [Refs (“Hymni Magici” 2(2).10,28)]:—mouth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.467, etc.; σύν τε στόμ᾽ ἐρεῖσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.426)]; ἱμείρων γλυκεροῦ σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 25)]; of animals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 146, 389, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1156 (Lyric poetry), etc.:)] —_plural_ is sometimes used for _sing._, ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν, of kissing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 938, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 403 (Lyric poetry))], and frequently in later Poets, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1607, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 210, 240, etc.: _metaphorically_, πτολέμοιο, ὑσμίνης στόμα)], the very jaws of the battle, as of a devouring monster, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.8, 20.359 (but compare below 111.1).)]
2 especially the mouth as the organ of speech, δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματ᾽ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (2.489, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 18; βραχύ μοι σ. πάντ᾽ ἀνᾱγήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.19)]; frequently in Trag., σ. τὸ Δῖον the mouth of Zeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1032)]; τὸ Φοίβου θεῖον ἀψευδὲς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 350.5, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 603; τοῦ στόματος τὸ στρογγύλον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 471)]; Μοισᾶν καπυρὸν σ. their mouthpiece, organ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.37, compare 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.72)]; Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν σ., of Homer, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.4 (Paul. Sil.), compare 7.6 (Antip. Sid.), 7.75 (Antip.), 9.184; τὸ μισόχρηστον σ. τῆς κωμῳδίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” p.93G.)]; speech, utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 426, 706, “OC” 132 (Lyric poetry), etc.; εἰς τόδ᾽ ἐξελθόντος ἀνόσιον σ. [prev. work] 981)]; κἂν καλὸν φορῇ σ. [NT ([prev. author] “fragment” 930; τὸ σὸν.. σ. ἐλεινόν [prev. author] “OT” 671; διδόναι σ. καὶ σοφίαν NT.Luke.21.15)]: in plural of a single speaker, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1220 (Lyric poetry):—special phrases: οἴγειν σ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 611)]; τοὐμὸν οὐ λύω σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1060, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.96)]; διᾶραι τὸ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.112)]; κοίμησον σ. keep silence, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1247)]; δάκνειν σ., i.e. to keep a stern silence (compare ὀδάξ), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 397; ἴσχε δακὼν σ. σόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 977 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὀδόντι πρῖε τὸ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 897)]; so κλῄσας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 865)]; οὐκ ἐφέξετε σ.; [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 1283)]; σῖγ᾽ ἕξομεν σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 660)]; εὖ ἔχειν σ.,= εὐφημεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 381)]; συγκλῄειν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 40 (_anapaest meter_):—of style, τὸ Λυσιακὸν σ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 12.)]
3 with Preps.,
3.a ἀνὰ στόμα ἔχειν have always in one's mouth, whether for good or ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 80; ἀνὰ σ. καὶ διὰ γλώσσης ἔχειν [prev. author] “Andr.” 95.)]
3.b ἀπὸ στόματος εἰπεῖν speak from memory (compare ἀπὸ γλώσσης), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 48, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 8, etc.)]
3.c διὰ στόμα λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 579, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 103 (so κατὰ τὸ σ. ᾄδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 158); διὰ στόμα ἔχειν [prev. author] “Lys.” 855; οἶκτος οὔτις ἦν διὰ στόμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 51)]; πᾶσι διὰ στόματος 'tis the common talk, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 12.21.)]
3.d ἐν στόμασι εἶχον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.157, 6.136; πολλῶν κείμενος ἐν στόμασιν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 240; ἐν τῷ σ. λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 198.)]
3.e ἐξ ἑνὸς σ. with one voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.” 670. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 364a, “PGiss.” 36.13 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.763)]; so ὡς ἀφ᾽ ἑνὸς σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.159 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus).)]
3.f ἐπὶ στόμα on one's face, face-foremost, ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς.. ἐπὶ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.43, compare 16.410; ὡς κύων ἐπὶ σ. κείμενος 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus “Supp.” 2.9)]; ὗς ἔκειτ᾽ ἐπὶ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 21)]; ἐπὶ σ. κεῖται lies prone, of the right ventricle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 4)]; ἐπὶ σ.,= pronus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; ἐπὶ σ. πεσόντα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 29; ἐπὶ σ. φερόμενον ἐν πᾶσι 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus cited in 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.8.4)]; also ὅ τι νῦν ἦλθ᾽ ἐπὶ σ. whatever came uppermost, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 351)]; ἐπὶ στόματος Φαραώ by the command of P., [LXX (LXX.2Ki.23.35.)]
3.g κατὰ στόμα face to face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.11, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 801, “Rh.” 409, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.26)]; οἱ κατὰ σ. θεοί (compare ἀντήλιοι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 781.33)]; κατὰ σ. τινός confronted with him, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 855d; στόμα κατὰ στόμα λαλήσω αὐτῷ LXX.Num.12.8; στόμα πρὸς στόμα NT.2John.12, NT.3John.14, “PMag.Berol.” 1.39.)]
II mouth of a river, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.24, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.441, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 847, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.17, etc.)]; so ἠϊόνος σ. μακρόν the wide mouth of the bay, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.36, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.90; σ. τοῦ Πόντου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75)]; κόλπου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 49; τὸ σ. τῆς ἐσβολῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1107)]; τὸ ἄνω σ. [τῆς διώρυχος] the width of the trench at top, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.23 (but τὰ σ. τ. δ)]. mouths, [Refs ([prev. work] 37).)]
II.2 any outlet or entrance, ἀργαλέον σ. λαύρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.137; σ. τῆς ἀγυιᾶς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.4; σ. φρέατος [prev. author] “An.” 4.5.25; καδίσκου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 581, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.251 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; χθόνιον Ἄιδα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.44)]; τὰ τῶν διεξόδων σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251d)]; ἑπτάπυλον σ. the seven gates of Thebes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 119 (Lyric poetry): in Medicine texts, τῶν μητρέων, τῶν ὑστερέων)],= os uteri (not distinguished from the cervix), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.36, “Aph.” 5.46; τῆς κοιλίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 94b15, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.50; γαστρός 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 20, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.274)]; [ἕλκους] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 863a11.)]
III foremost part, face, front:
III.1 of weapons, point, κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.389; [ὁ κριὸς] ἔχει σ. σιδηροῦν 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus Mech. 24.2; τὸ σ. τῆς αἰχμῆς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 19.4)]; edge of a sword, μαχαίρας [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 3.5, NT.Luke.21.24, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἐθηλύνθην σ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 651.)]
III.1.b the front ranks of the battle, the front, ἀπὸ στόματος (opposed to ἀπὸ τῆς οὐρᾶς) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.42, compare “HG” 4.3.4; τὸ σ. τοῦ πλαισίου [prev. author] “An.” 3.4.43, compare 5.4.22, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.12.7 (so perhaps σ. πολέμοιο, ὑσμίνης in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, see above 1.1).)]
III.1.c τὸ τῶν λοχαγῶν τάγμα σ. καλεῖται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.5.)]
III.2 ἄκρον σ. πύργων the edge or top of the towers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1166)]; πρὸς τῷ σ. τοῦ βίου at the very verge of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.15.)]
III.3 ={ὀμφαλός}[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (111.3, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 7.3)]. (Cf. Avest. staman-, m. 'mouth (of dog)', Welsh safn 'mouth'.)
Aeolic dialect στύμα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.25)]; genitive στόματος, but στομάτοιο [Refs (“Hymni Magici” 2(2).10,28)]:—mouth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.467, etc.; σύν τε στόμ᾽ ἐρεῖσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.426)]; ἱμείρων γλυκεροῦ σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 25)]; of animals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 146, 389, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1156 (Lyric poetry), etc.:)] —_plural_ is sometimes used for _sing._, ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν, of kissing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 938, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 403 (Lyric poetry))], and frequently in later Poets, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1607, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 210, 240, etc.: _metaphorically_, πτολέμοιο, ὑσμίνης στόμα)], the very jaws of the battle, as of a devouring monster, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.8, 20.359 (but compare below 111.1).)]
2 especially the mouth as the organ of speech, δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματ᾽ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (2.489, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 18; βραχύ μοι σ. πάντ᾽ ἀνᾱγήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.19)]; frequently in Trag., σ. τὸ Δῖον the mouth of Zeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1032)]; τὸ Φοίβου θεῖον ἀψευδὲς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 350.5, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 603; τοῦ στόματος τὸ στρογγύλον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 471)]; Μοισᾶν καπυρὸν σ. their mouthpiece, organ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.37, compare 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.72)]; Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν σ., of Homer, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.4 (Paul. Sil.), compare 7.6 (Antip. Sid.), 7.75 (Antip.), 9.184; τὸ μισόχρηστον σ. τῆς κωμῳδίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” p.93G.)]; speech, utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 426, 706, “OC” 132 (Lyric poetry), etc.; εἰς τόδ᾽ ἐξελθόντος ἀνόσιον σ. [prev. work] 981)]; κἂν καλὸν φορῇ σ. [NT ([prev. author] “fragment” 930; τὸ σὸν.. σ. ἐλεινόν [prev. author] “OT” 671; διδόναι σ. καὶ σοφίαν NT.Luke.21.15)]: in plural of a single speaker, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1220 (Lyric poetry):—special phrases: οἴγειν σ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 611)]; τοὐμὸν οὐ λύω σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1060, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.96)]; διᾶραι τὸ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.112)]; κοίμησον σ. keep silence, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1247)]; δάκνειν σ., i.e. to keep a stern silence (compare ὀδάξ), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 397; ἴσχε δακὼν σ. σόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 977 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὀδόντι πρῖε τὸ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 897)]; so κλῄσας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 865)]; οὐκ ἐφέξετε σ.; [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 1283)]; σῖγ᾽ ἕξομεν σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 660)]; εὖ ἔχειν σ.,= εὐφημεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 381)]; συγκλῄειν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 40 (_anapaest meter_):—of style, τὸ Λυσιακὸν σ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 12.)]
3 with Preps.,
3.a ἀνὰ στόμα ἔχειν have always in one's mouth, whether for good or ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 80; ἀνὰ σ. καὶ διὰ γλώσσης ἔχειν [prev. author] “Andr.” 95.)]
3.b ἀπὸ στόματος εἰπεῖν speak from memory (compare ἀπὸ γλώσσης), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 48, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 8, etc.)]
3.c διὰ στόμα λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 579, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 103 (so κατὰ τὸ σ. ᾄδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 158); διὰ στόμα ἔχειν [prev. author] “Lys.” 855; οἶκτος οὔτις ἦν διὰ στόμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 51)]; πᾶσι διὰ στόματος 'tis the common talk, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 12.21.)]
3.d ἐν στόμασι εἶχον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.157, 6.136; πολλῶν κείμενος ἐν στόμασιν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 240; ἐν τῷ σ. λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 198.)]
3.e ἐξ ἑνὸς σ. with one voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.” 670. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 364a, “PGiss.” 36.13 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.763)]; so ὡς ἀφ᾽ ἑνὸς σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.159 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus).)]
3.f ἐπὶ στόμα on one's face, face-foremost, ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς.. ἐπὶ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.43, compare 16.410; ὡς κύων ἐπὶ σ. κείμενος 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus “Supp.” 2.9)]; ὗς ἔκειτ᾽ ἐπὶ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 21)]; ἐπὶ σ. κεῖται lies prone, of the right ventricle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 4)]; ἐπὶ σ.,= pronus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; ἐπὶ σ. πεσόντα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 29; ἐπὶ σ. φερόμενον ἐν πᾶσι 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus cited in 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.8.4)]; also ὅ τι νῦν ἦλθ᾽ ἐπὶ σ. whatever came uppermost, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 351)]; ἐπὶ στόματος Φαραώ by the command of P., [LXX (LXX.2Ki.23.35.)]
3.g κατὰ στόμα face to face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.11, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 801, “Rh.” 409, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.26)]; οἱ κατὰ σ. θεοί (compare ἀντήλιοι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 781.33)]; κατὰ σ. τινός confronted with him, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 855d; στόμα κατὰ στόμα λαλήσω αὐτῷ LXX.Num.12.8; στόμα πρὸς στόμα NT.2John.12, NT.3John.14, “PMag.Berol.” 1.39.)]
II mouth of a river, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.24, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.441, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 847, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.17, etc.)]; so ἠϊόνος σ. μακρόν the wide mouth of the bay, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.36, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.90; σ. τοῦ Πόντου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75)]; κόλπου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 49; τὸ σ. τῆς ἐσβολῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1107)]; τὸ ἄνω σ. [τῆς διώρυχος] the width of the trench at top, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.23 (but τὰ σ. τ. δ)]. mouths, [Refs ([prev. work] 37).)]
II.2 any outlet or entrance, ἀργαλέον σ. λαύρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.137; σ. τῆς ἀγυιᾶς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.4; σ. φρέατος [prev. author] “An.” 4.5.25; καδίσκου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 581, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.251 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; χθόνιον Ἄιδα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.44)]; τὰ τῶν διεξόδων σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251d)]; ἑπτάπυλον σ. the seven gates of Thebes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 119 (Lyric poetry): in Medicine texts, τῶν μητρέων, τῶν ὑστερέων)],= os uteri (not distinguished from the cervix), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.36, “Aph.” 5.46; τῆς κοιλίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 94b15, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.50; γαστρός 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 20, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.274)]; [ἕλκους] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 863a11.)]
III foremost part, face, front:
III.1 of weapons, point, κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.389; [ὁ κριὸς] ἔχει σ. σιδηροῦν 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus Mech. 24.2; τὸ σ. τῆς αἰχμῆς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 19.4)]; edge of a sword, μαχαίρας [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 3.5, NT.Luke.21.24, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἐθηλύνθην σ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 651.)]
III.1.b the front ranks of the battle, the front, ἀπὸ στόματος (opposed to ἀπὸ τῆς οὐρᾶς) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.42, compare “HG” 4.3.4; τὸ σ. τοῦ πλαισίου [prev. author] “An.” 3.4.43, compare 5.4.22, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.12.7 (so perhaps σ. πολέμοιο, ὑσμίνης in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, see above 1.1).)]
III.1.c τὸ τῶν λοχαγῶν τάγμα σ. καλεῖται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.5.)]
III.2 ἄκρον σ. πύργων the edge or top of the towers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1166)]; πρὸς τῷ σ. τοῦ βίου at the very verge of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.15.)]
III.3 ={ὀμφαλός}[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (111.3, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 7.3)]. (Cf. Avest. staman-, m. 'mouth (of dog)', Welsh safn 'mouth'.)