“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)”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
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)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
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
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Etymology
probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of G5114 (τομώτερος);
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