stoma · mouth

What it means

stoma (στόμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mouth”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.
2. Literally "mouth to mouth": in person.
3. The edge of the sword.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Mouth; from there the word that comes out of it, and in set phrases, the edge of the sword.

• “Every word that comes out through the mouth of God” Matthew 4:4
• “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” Matthew 12:34Matthew 15:11
• “By the mouth of all the prophets” Acts 3:18
• “If you confess with your mouth” Romans 10:9
• “By the edge of the sword”; the sword from his mouth Luke 21:24Revelation 1:16

How we translate it

“Mouth” 67 times, “mouths” 4. The set phrases are translated by their sense: “face to face” where the Greek says ‘mouth to mouth’ (2 John 1:12), “edge” in “by the edge of the sword” (Luke 21:24).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• mouth ×67
• face ×4
• mouths ×4
• edge ×2
• voice ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×11
• Luke×9
• John×1
• Acts×12
• Romans×6
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Ephesians×2
• Colossians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×2
• James×2
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 John×2
• 3 John×2
• Jude×1
• Revelation×22

• Matthew 4:4

  But he answered and said, “It is written, ‘A person will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out through the mouth of God.’”

• Matthew 5:2

  And opening his mouth, he was teaching them, saying,

• Matthew 12:34

  Offspring of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

• Matthew 13:35

  so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will pour out things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

• Matthew 15:11

  it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.”

• Matthew 15:17

  Do you not see that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine?

• Matthew 15:18

  But the things that come out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those defile the person.

• Matthew 17:27

  But so that we do not cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

• Matthew 18:16

  But if he does not listen, take with you one or two more, so that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

• Matthew 21:16

  and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus says to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”

• Luke 1:64

  And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing God.

• Luke 1:70

  just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

• Luke 4:22

  And all were testifying about him and marveling at the words of grace that were coming out of his mouth, and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

• Luke 6:45

  The good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings out what is good, and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings out what is evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

• Luke 11:54

  lying in wait for him to catch something from his mouth.

• Luke 19:22

  He says to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not put down and reaping what I did not sow?

• Luke 21:15

  for I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all those who oppose you will not be able to resist or contradict.

• Luke 21:24

  And they will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by nations until the times of the nations are fulfilled.

• Luke 22:71

  And they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.”

• John 19:29

  A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so putting a sponge full of the sour wine on hyssop, they held it to his mouth.

• Acts 1:16

  “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus,

• Acts 3:18

  But God fulfilled in this way what he announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.

• Acts 3:21

  whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all things, of which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago.

• Acts 4:25

  who through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David, your servant, said, ‘Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot vain things?

• Acts 8:32

  Now the passage of Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to slaughter, and like a lamb silent before the one who shears it, so he does not open his mouth.

• Acts 8:35

  Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he announced the good news of Jesus to him.

• Acts 10:34

  Then Peter opened his mouth and said, “In truth I understand that God is not one who shows partiality,

• Acts 11:8

  But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for never has anything profane or unclean entered into my mouth.’

• Acts 15:7

  And when there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that from early days God chose among you that through my mouth the nations should hear the word of the good news and believe.

• Acts 18:14

  But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were some wrongdoing or wicked crime, O Jews, I would with reason have put up with you;

• Acts 22:14

  And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth,

• Acts 23:2

  And the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike his mouth.

• Romans 3:14

  whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

• Romans 3:19

  Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world may become accountable to God;

• Romans 10:8

  But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart; that is, the word of faith that we proclaim:

• Romans 10:9

  that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

• Romans 10:10

  For with the heart one believes for righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses for salvation.

• Romans 15:6

  so that with one accord with one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

• 2 Corinthians 6:11

  Our mouth has been opened to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide.

• 2 Corinthians 13:1

  This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two witnesses and of three every word will be established.”

And 38 more times.