"pr. to speak or repeat offhand; also, to require or lead others to speak without premeditation, as by questions calculated to elicit unpremeditated answers, to endeavor to entrap into unguarded language, Lk. 11:53*"
Definition and meaning
pr. to speak or repeat offhand; also, to require or lead others to speak without premeditation, as by questions calculated to elicit unpremeditated answers, to endeavor to entrap into unguarded language, Lk. 11:53*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀποστοματίζω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of apostomatizo (G653) across the King James Bible.
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
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Common questions
Strong's G653 (apostomatizo) is a Greek word that means: pr. to speak or repeat offhand; also, to require or lead others to speak without premeditation, as by questions calculated to elicit unpremeditated answers, to endeavor to entrap into unguarded langua... It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word apostomatizo (G653) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G653 is apostomatizo, a Greek word defined as: pr. to speak or repeat offhand; also, to require or lead others to speak without premeditation, as by questions calculated to elicit unpremeditated an. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
apostomatizo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.