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Mouth
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
MOUTH . Several Heb. words are so tr. [Note: translate or translation.] 1. gârôn ( Psalms 149:6 ) lit. ‘throat.’ 2. chçk ( Job 12:11 etc.) is the inward part of the mouth, the palate, or ‘roof of the mouth’ ( Job 29:10 etc.). 3. ‘âdî , twice in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ( Psalms 32:8 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘trappings,’ Psalms 103:5 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘years’ or ‘prime’), signifies properly ‘ornament’. 4. peh , the most usual word for ‘mouth,’ meaning also ‘edge,’ e.g . of the sword ( Genesis 34:26 etc.), or ‘border,’ e.g . of a garment ( Psalms 133:2 ). 5. pûm , Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] = Heb. peh ( Daniel 7:5 etc.). 6. pânîm ( Proverbs 15:14 ) lit. ‘face.’ 7. tÄ•ra‘ , Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] lit. ‘door’ ( Daniel 3:26 ). In the NT the Gr. word stoma . Frequently in Scripture ‘mouth’ is used fig. for ‘speech,’ of which it is the organ.
W. Ewing.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Mouth'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​m/mouth.html. 1909.