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MOUTH.—Several Heb. words are so tr. [Note: translate or translation.] 1. gârôn (Psa_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.] (Psa_32:8 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘trappings,’ Psa_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 (Gen_34:26 etc.), or ‘border,’ e.g. of a garment (Psa_133:2). 5. pûm, Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] = Heb. peh (Dan_7:5 etc.). 6. pânîm (Pro_15:14) lit. ‘face.’ 7. tĕ‘, Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] lit. ‘door’ (Dan_3:26). In the NT the Gr. word stoma. Frequently in Scripture ‘mouth’ is used fig. for ‘speech,’ of which it is the organ.
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