Topic
Mouth
58 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- Genesis 4:11ISBE
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- Genesis 42:27ISBE
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
- Exodus 4:11–16ISBE
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I…
- Exodus 4:16ISBE
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
- Numbers 22:28ISBE
And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
- Numbers 26:10ISBE
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
- Numbers 29:2ISBE
And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
- Numbers 29:3ISBE
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
- Numbers 29:8ISBE
But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
- Numbers 29:10ISBE
A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
- Numbers 35:30ISBE
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
- Deuteronomy 17:6ISBE
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
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- Deuteronomy 18:18 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 31:19 ISBE
- Joshua 10:18 ISBE
- Joshua 10:22 ISBE
- Joshua 10:27 ISBE
- Judges 18:19 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 2:1 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 14:3 ISBE
- Job 16:10 ISBE
- Job 16:15 ISBE
- Job 29:9 ISBE
- Job 29:10 ISBE
- Job 40:4 ISBE
- Psalms 22:21 ISBE
- Psalms 35:21 ISBE
- Psalms 78:30 ISBE
- Psalms 115:5 ISBE
- Psalms 135:16 ISBE
- Psalms 135:17 ISBE
- Psalms 137:6 ISBE
- Psalms 141:7 ISBE
- Psalms 149:6 ISBE
- Proverbs 18:7 ISBE
- Proverbs 18:20 ISBE
- Isaiah 11:4 ISBE
- Isaiah 49:2 ISBE
- Isaiah 57:4 ISBE
- Jeremiah 1:9 ISBE
- Jeremiah 48:28 ISBE
- Lamentations 3:29 ISBE
- Ezekiel 33:22 ISBE
- Daniel 3:26 ISBE
- Micah 3:5 ISBE
- Micah 7:16 ISBE
- Matthew 18:16 ISBE
- Luke 1:70 ISBE
- Luke 21:15 ISBE
- Acts 1:16 ISBE
- Acts 15:27 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 6:11 ISBE
- Ephesians 6:19 ISBE
- Titus 1:11 ISBE
- Hebrews 10:28 ISBE
- Revelation 2:16 ISBE
- Revelation 19:15 ISBE
- Revelation 19:21 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 60 references
mowth (peh, chekh, garon (Ps 149:6); Aramaic pum, tera (Da 3:26); stoma, 71 times, once logos, i.e. "word of mouth," "speech" (Ac 15:27); once we find the verb epistomizo, "to silence," "to stop the mouth" (Tit 1:11)):
1. Literal Sense:
In addition to frequent references to man and animals, "Their food was yet in their mouths" (Ps 78:30); "And Yahweh opened the mouth of the ass" (Nu 22:28); "Save me from the lion's mouth" (Ps 22:21), etc., the term is often used in connection with inanimate things: mouth of a sack (Ge 42:27); of the earth (Ge 4:11; Nu 26:10); of a well (Nu 29:2,3,8,10); of a cave (Jos 10:18,22,27); of Sheol (Ps 141:7); of the abyss (Jer 48:28); of furnace (Aramaic tera`, Da 3:26); of idols (Ps 115:5; 135:16,17).
2. Figurative Sense:
(1) The "mouth" denotes language, speech, declaration (compare "lips," "tongue," which see): "By the mouth of" is "by means of," "on the declaration of" (Lu 1:70; Ac 1:16); "Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses" (Nu 35:30; compare De 17:6; Mt 18:16; Heb 10:28); "I will give you mouth and wisdom" (Lu 21:15); "fool's mouth" (Pr 18:7).
(2) "Mouth" also denotes "spokesman": "He shall be to thee a mouth" (Ex 4:16).
Numerous are the idiomatic phrases which have, in part, been introduced into English by means of the language of the Bible. "To put into the mouth," if said of God, denotes Divine inspiration (De 18:18; Mic 3:5). "To have words put into the mouth" means to have instructions given (De 31:19; 2Sa 14:3; Jer 1:9; Ex 4:11-16). "The fruit of the mouth" (Pr 18:20) is synonymical with wisdom, the mature utterance of the wise. "To put one's mouth into the dust" is equivalent with humbling one's self (La 3:29; compare "to lay one's horn in the dust," Job 16:15). Silent submission is expressed by "laying the hand upon the mouth" (Jud 18:19; Job 29:9; 40:4; Mic 7:16); compare "to refrain the lips"; see LIP. "To open the mouth wide" against a person is to accuse him wildly and often wrongfully (Ps 35:21; Isa 57:4), otherwise "to open one's mouth wide," "to have an enlarged mouth" means to have great confidence and joy in speaking or accepting good things (1Sa 2:1; Eze 33:22; 2Co 6:11; Eph 6:19). "To gape upon one with the mouth" means to threaten a person (Job 16:10). Divine rebuke is expressed by the "rod of God's mouth" (Isa 11:4), and the Messiah declares "He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword" (Isa 49:2; compare Re 2:16; 19:15,21). Great anguish, such as dying with thirst, is expressed by "the tongue cleaving to the roof of the mouth" (Hebrew chekh, Job 29:10; Ps 137:6; compare 22:15).
H. L. E. Luering
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.