Definition

the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a weapon)

Etymology

probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of G5114 (τομώτερος);

Where the KJV renders it

• edge
• face
• mouth

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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