stoma denotes the bodily organ and, most often, the spoken words, testimony, or proclamation that proceeds from it.

The attested uses most often concern speech issuing from a person: opening the organ to speak, words coming from it, or testimony and proclamation given through it. The same term also denotes the physical oral organ in contexts of eating, being struck, bringing something to it, and the mouths of animals.

1. Speech, words, and spoken testimony · dominant

   The term marks speech as proceeding from a speaker: in Acts 8:35, the accusative singular στόμα occurs when Philip opens it and proclaims Jesus, while Luke 1:64 has the nominative singular στόμα opened before he begins to speak. Genitive singular forms also frame words, testimony, and proclamation as coming through or from a speaker, as in Acts 15:7, Ephesians 4:29, and Luke 22:71; in James 3:10 the APB renders the clause, "From the same mouth come praise and curse."

   Acts 8:35Luke 1:64Acts 15:7Ephesians 4:29Luke 22:71James 3:10
2. The physical oral organ · occasional

   The term names the bodily location involved in intake or physical contact: in John 19:29, the dative singular στόματι is the place to which the sponge is brought, and Matthew 15:11 contrasts what enters with what comes out. It also describes animal mouths, including lions in Hebrews 11:33 and the horses in Revelation 9:17; Revelation 10:9 presents the little scroll as sweet "in your mouth."

   John 19:29Matthew 15:11Hebrews 11:33Revelation 9:17Revelation 10:9Acts 23:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as "mouth" in clauses about speaking, words, eating, and animal anatomy, while expressions such as "through the mouth" and "from his mouth" present speech or testimony as proceeding from a speaker. Its wording does not by itself fix the term's contribution in every clause.