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Matt. 13:35; Luke 11:54; Acts 8:32; 22:14; 1 Pet. 2:22; (2) of human, e.g., Matt. 18:16;
21:16; Luke 1:64; Rev. 14:5; as emanating from the heart, Matt. 12:34; Rom. 10:8, 9; of
prophetic ministry through the Holy Spirit, Luke 1:70; Acts 1:16; 3:18; 4:25; of the
destructive policy of two world potentates at the end of this age, Rev. 13:2, 5, 6; 16:13
(twice); of shameful speaking, Eph. 4:29 and Col. 3:8; (3) of the Devil speaking as a
dragon or serpent, Rev. 12:15, 16; 16:13; (d) figuratively, in the phrase “face to face”
(lit., “mouth to mouth”), 2 John 12; 3 John 14; (e) metaphorically, of “the utterances of
the Lord, in judgment,” 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 1:16; 2:16; 19:15, 21; of His judgment upon a
local church for its lukewarmness, Rev. 3:16; (f) by metonymy, for “speech,” Matt.
18:16; Luke 19:22; 21:15; 2 Cor. 13:1.
Note:
In Acts 15:27,
, “a word,” is translated “word of mouth,”
RV
(
KJV
,
“mouth,” marg., “word”).
B. Verb.
(
#
&
, 1993), “to bridle” ( , “upon,” and A), is used
metaphorically of “stopping the mouth, putting to silence,” Titus 1:11.¶ Cf.
, “to
stop, close,” said of stopping the “mouths” of men, in Rom. 3:19. See
STOP
.
MOVE, MOVED, MOVER, MOVING, UNMOVEABLE
A. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 2795), “to set in motion, move” (hence, e.g., Eng. “kinematics,”
“kinetics,” “cinema”), is used (a) of wagging the head, Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29; (b) of
the general activity of the human being, Acts 17:28; (c) of the “moving” of mountains,
Rev. 6:14, in the sense of removing, as in Rev. 2:5, of removing a lampstand (there
figuratively of causing a local church to be discontinued); (d) figuratively, of exciting,
stirring up feelings and passions, Acts 21:30 (passive voice); 24:5, “a mover”; (e) of
“moving burdens,” Matt. 23:4. See
REMOVE
,
WAG
.¶ Cf.
$
, “to stir up,” Acts
6:12.¶
2.
(
!
, 3334), in the active voice, “to move something away” (not
in the NT; in the Sept., e.g., Deut. 19:14; Isa. 54:10); in the middle voice, “to remove
oneself, shift” translated in the passive in Col. 1:23, “be … not moved away (from the
hope of the gospel).Ӧ
3.
(
&
, 4579), “to shake, move to and fro,” usually of violent concussion (Eng.,
“seismic,” “seismograph,” “seismology”), is said (a) of the earth as destined to be shaken
by God, Heb. 12:26; (b) of a local convulsion of the earth, at the death of Christ, Matt.
27:51, “did quake”; (c) of a fig tree, Rev. 6:13; (d) metaphorically, to stir up with fear or
some other emotion, Matt. 21:10, of the people of a city; 28:4, of the keepers or watchers,
at the Lord’s tomb,
RV
, “did quake” (
KJV
, “did shake”).¶
4.
$
(
"
, 4531), “to shake,” properly of the action of stormy wind, then, “to
render insecure, stir up,” is rendered “I should (not) be moved” in Acts 2:25, in the sense
of being cast down or shaken from a sense of security and happiness, said of Christ, in a
quotation from Ps. 16:8. See
SHAKE
,
STIR
(Up).
5.
(
&
, 4525), properly, of dogs, “to wag the tail, fawn”; hence,
metaphorically of persons, “to disturb, disquiet,” 1 Thess. 3:3, passive voice, “(that no