ἀποστοματίζω
apostomatízō
“to speak off-hand (properly, dictate), i.e. to catechize (in an invidious manner)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to speak off-hand (properly, dictate), i.e. to catechize (in an invidious manner)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. to speak or repeat offhand; also, to require or lead others to speak without premeditation, as by questions calculated to elicit unpremeditated answers, to endeavor to entrap into unguarded language, Lk. 11:53*
Translated in KJV as
provoke to speak
Etymology
from G575 (ἀπό) and a (presumed) derivative of G4750 (στόμα);
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