Definition

to speak off-hand (properly, dictate), i.e. to catechize (in an invidious manner)

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and a (presumed) derivative of G4750 (στόμα);

Where the KJV renders it

• provoke to speak

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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