Words the Bible translates as edge
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- stomaστόμαthe edge of a sword: the cutting point of a blade, by which people are killed
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- the mouth: the opening in the face through which a person or animal eats, drinks, and breathes
- the mouth as the source of speech: a person's words, testimony, or what is said through them
- pehפֶּהthe mouth of a thing: the opening of a well, sack, cave, or pit, the edge of a sword that devours, and the reach from one end of a place to the other
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- the mouth: the opening in the face used to eat and drink and above all to speak, and so, by a natural step, the speech, words, or command that come out of it
- a fixed relating phrase in which the word stops meaning a body part: in proportion to, or at the command of
- a measured portion or share, above all the double portion that names the firstborn's part of an inheritance
- saphahשָׂפָהedge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
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- lip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
- qatsehקָצֶהthe end, edge, or outer limit of something: the point in space where a thing stops
- qatsahקָצָהthe end or outer edge of something: its farthest point, rim, or border
- kraspedonκράσπεδονthe tassel worn on the corner of the outer cloak, which the Law of Moses commanded Israelites to wear; more broadly, the edge or fringe of a garment
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