- Transliteration: Stoma

- Phonetic: stom'-a

- Definition:

1. the mouth, as part of the body: of man, of animals, of fish, etc.

a. since thoughts of a man's soul find verbal utterance by his mouth, the "heart" or "soul" and the mouth are distinguished

2. the edge of a sword

- Origin: probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of G5114" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5114

- TDNT entry: 18:32,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Probably stregthened from a presumed derivative of the base of G5114" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5114; the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication language (and its relations); figuratively an opening (in the earth); specifically the front or edge (of a weapon): - edge face mouth.