King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G653
Transliteration: apostomatizō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-tom-at-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to catechize, to question
Meaning: to catechize, to question
ἀποστοματίζω; (στοματίζω — not extant — from στόμα); properly, "to speak ἀπό στόματος (cf. ἀποστηθίζω);
Word Summary
apostomatizō: to catechize, to question
Original Word: ἀποστοματίζωTransliteration: apostomatizō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-tom-at-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to catechize, to question
Meaning: to catechize, to question
Strong's Concordance
provoke to speak, interrogateFrom apo and a (presumed) derivative of stoma; to speak off-hand (properly, dictate), i.e. To catechize (in an invidious manner) -- provoke to speak.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK stoma
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 653: ἀποστοματίζωἀποστοματίζω; (στοματίζω — not extant — from στόμα); properly, "to speak ἀπό στόματος (cf. ἀποστηθίζω);
1. to recite from memory: Themistius, or. 20, p. 238, Hard. edition; to repeat to a pupil (anything) for him to commit to memory: Plato, Euthyd., p. 276 c., 277 a.; used of a Sibyl prophesying, Plutarch, Thes. 24.
2. to ply with questions, catechize, and so to entice to (off-hand) answers: τινα, Luke 11:53.