Bible Dictionary: Mouths

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Mouth.

Greek

3456. mukterizo -- to turn up the nose or sneer at
... mock. From a derivative of the base of mukaomai (meaning snout, as that whence lowing
proceeds); to make mouths at, ie Ridicule -- mock. see GREEK mukaomai. ...
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1993. epistomizo -- to stop the mouth
... silence. From epi and stoma; to put something over the mouth, ie (figuratively)
to silence -- stop mouths. see GREEK epi. see GREEK stoma. ...
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4750. stoma -- the mouth
... word Definition the mouth NASB Word Usage edge (2), face (4), lips (1), mouth (60),
mouths (5), say* (1), testimony (1), utterance (1), voice (1), words (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6310. peh -- mouth
... 1), dictation (6), edge (37), edges (2), end (2), evidence (4), face (4), hunger
(1), intent (1), jaws (1), just* (1), lips (5), mouth (275), mouths (14), much ...
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3887. luts -- ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a ...
... A primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, ie To scoff; hence (from the effort
to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede ...
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6433. pum -- mouth
... mouth. Word Origin (Aramaic) probably corresponding to peh Definition mouth
NASB Word Usage mouth (5), mouths (1). mouth. (Aramaic ...
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8222. sapham -- mustache
... mustache. Word Origin from the same as saphah Definition mustache NASB Word
Usage mouths (1), mustache (4). beard, upper lip. From ...
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Library

Faith Stopping the Mouths of Lions
... THE BOOK OF DANIEL FAITH STOPPING THE MOUTHS OF LIONS. 'Then the king commanded ...
Through faith ... stopped the mouths of lions.'. Simple trust ...
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This Day are Opened, Our Mouths to Give Thanks
... This day are opened, our mouths to give thanks. 1. This day are opened, our mouths
to give thanks. They who opened the breaches, have opened my sons' mouths. ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn ii this day are.htm

The Lord Therefore, as God, Stayed the Mouths of the Demons...
... Life of Antony. Section 27. The Lord therefore, as God, stayed the mouths
of the demons� 27. The Lord therefore, as God, stayed ...
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But if any have Endured Much violence and the Strong Pressure of ...
... But if any have endured much violence and the strong pressure of necessity, receiving
into their mouths iron and chains, and for their good affection towards ...
/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/canon xiv but if any.htm

Under the Three Pastors, --There were Manifold Shepherds
... 4. The first priest by means of a fast,"closed up the doors of men's mouths:"the
second priest for the captives,"opened the mouths of the purse:"but ...
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Fix Thou Our Hearing, that it be not Loosed and Wander!
... Mouths over thee, O thou that wast shut up, even over thee mouths sang; when thou
didst triumph and wast enlarged, in thee mouths were opened, for lamentation ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn iii fix thou our.htm

1 Thessalonians v. 1, 2
... True, you say; but it were possible to stop the mouths of the Greeks in
this way. How? tell me. Because they say, that this world ...
/.../homily ix 1 thessalonians v.htm

One Antidote for Many Ills
... into unanimity, let him ask God to give them all enough to fill their hands, and
when their hands are full of their Master's work, and their mouths are full of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/one antidote for many ills.htm

Titus i. 5, 6
... To stop the mouths of those heretics, who condemned marriage, showing that it is
not an unholy thing in itself, but so far honorable, that a married man might ...
/.../homily ii titus i 5.htm

How the Prophets and Holy Men of the Old Testament Knew the Things ...
... at once repudiate some things which have been said about the prophets, as if they
were not wise men, and did not understand what proceeded from their own mouths ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/2 how the prophets and.htm

Thesaurus

Mouths (86 Occurrences)
...Mouths (86 Occurrences). ... Matthew 22:34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths
of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together; (BBE). ...
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Nile (37 Occurrences)
... the Niles flows North through Nubia and Egypt 1,900 miles and empties into the
Mediterranean Sea, in latitude 32 degree North, through 2 mouths, the Rosetta ...
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Stopped (134 Occurrences)
... (DBY NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 22:34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths
of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together; (BBE). ...
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Lions (50 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 11:33 who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained
promises, stopped the mouths of lions, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT ...
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Guided (86 Occurrences)
... (BBE). James 3:3 Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may
be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies. (BBE). ...
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Issued (40 Occurrences)
... them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads
of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire ...
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Injury (21 Occurrences)
... Revelation 9:19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails;
their tails being like serpents, and having heads, and it is with them that ...
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Evils (26 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Revelation 9:18 By these evils a third part of men was put to death, by the
fire, and the smoke, and the burning smell which came out of their mouths. ...
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Bit (46 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain
them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Psalm ...
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Brimstone (14 Occurrences)
... them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads
of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire ...
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Bible Concordance

Mouths (86 Occurrences)

Matthew 21:16 "Do you hear," they asked Him, "what these children are saying?" "Yes," He replied; "have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of infants and of babes at the breast Thou hast brought forth the praise which is due'?"
(WEY)

Matthew 22:34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;
(BBE)

Romans 3:14 "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
(WEY NIV)

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
(See RSV NIV)

Titus 1:11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS)

Hebrews 11:33 who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 3:3 Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jude 1:16 These men are murmurers, ever bemoaning their lot. Their lives are guided by their evil passions, and their mouths are full of big, boastful words, while they treat individual men with admiring reverence for the sake of the advantage they can gain.
(WEY)

Revelation 9:17 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 9:18 By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 9:19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm.
(WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 11:5 And if any one seeks to injure them--fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies; and if any one seeks to injure them, he will in this way certainly be killed.
(WEY NIV)

Revelation 14:5 and in their mouths was no lie found; for they are blameless.
(DBY NIV)

Genesis 43:12 and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry back in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight;
(See NIV)

Genesis 44:8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)

Deuteronomy 31:19 "Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Deuteronomy 31:21 It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Judges 3:16 and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit 'is' its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;
(YLT)

Judges 7:6 And the number of those that lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
(DBY RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 2:3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
(BBE)

1 Kings 19:18 But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.
(BBE NIV)

1 Kings 22:22 And the LORD said unto him: Wherewith? And he said: I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.'
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 18:21 And he said: I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.'
(See NIV)

Ezra 8:17 And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
(DBY)

Nehemiah 9:20 And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.
(BBE NIV)

Job 16:10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.
(BBE NIV)

Job 29:9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
(BBE NAS NIV)

Job 29:10 The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.
(BBE NIV)

Job 29:23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
(WEB BBE RSV)

Psalms 8:2 You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.
(BBE YLT)

Psalms 17:10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.
(BBE YLT RSV NIV)

Psalms 22:7 All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
(See RSV)

Psalms 22:13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
(WEB KJV BBE WBS RSV NIV)

Psalms 31:17 Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
(BBE)

Psalms 35:21 Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
(BBE RSV)

Psalms 58:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.> Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
(BBE)

Psalms 58:6 O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.
(BBE RSV NIV)

Psalms 59:7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords 'are' in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'
(YLT RSV NIV)

Psalms 59:12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
(BBE RSV NIV)

Psalms 62:4 Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
(BBE RSV NIV)

Psalms 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 73:9 They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:30 They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:36 But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 107:42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 115:5 They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 126:2 Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
(BBE NIV)

Psalms 135:16 They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 135:17 They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 144:8 whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 144:11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
(WEB BBE RSV NIV)

Psalms 149:6 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
(WEB BBE NIV)

Proverbs 5:4 And her latter end 'is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword 'with' mouths.
(YLT)

Proverbs 10:32 The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.
(BBE)

Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 15:14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
(WEB RSV)

Proverbs 26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.
(KJV)

Isaiah 9:12 Aram on the east, and the Philistines on the west, who have come against Israel with open mouths. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
(BBE)

Isaiah 29:13 And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
(BBE)

Isaiah 30:28 And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.
(BBE)

Isaiah 52:15 so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 59:21 And as for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 7:28 And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 12:2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 14:6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 44:17 But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.
(BBE NAS)

Jeremiah 44:25 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Lamentations 2:16 All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.
(BBE NAS NIV)

Lamentations 3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
(KJV BBE WBS NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 34:10 This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.
(BBE RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 35:13 And you have made yourselves great against me with your mouths, increasing your words against me; and it has come to my ears.
(BBE)

Daniel 6:22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 11:4 I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.
(BBE)

Hosea 12:10 My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
(BBE)

Joel 1:5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
(BBE)

Micah 3:5 Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Micah 3:7 The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God."
(See NAS)

Micah 7:16 The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.
(BBE RSV NIV)

Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.
(See NAS NIV)

Zechariah 8:9 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building of the house, that is the Temple.
(BBE)

Zechariah 9:7 And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.
(See NIV)

Zechariah 14:12 And this will be the disease which the Lord will send on all the peoples which have been warring against Jerusalem: their flesh will be wasted away while they are on their feet, their eyes will be wasted in their heads and their tongues in their mouths.
(BBE RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Mouths

Related Terms

Nile (37 Occurrences)

Stopped (134 Occurrences)

Lions (50 Occurrences)

Guided (86 Occurrences)

Issued (40 Occurrences)

Injury (21 Occurrences)

Evils (26 Occurrences)

Bit (46 Occurrences)

Brimstone (14 Occurrences)