UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: Though it is possible to understand the expression vomit out of the mouth as being an idiom meaning to reject, it is probably better to assume that this expression (ἐμέω ἐκ τοῦ στόματος) is simply used figuratively rather than being a conventionalized idiom.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to vomit

Semantic entry: 23.44

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Processes Involving the Mouth, Other Than Eating and Drinking

Notes: Since a term meaning ‘to vomit’ often carries somewhat vulgar connotations, ἐμέω in OET REV 3:16 has frequently been translated as ‘to spit out of my mouth.’|It is also possible to interpret ‘to vomit out of the mouth’ as an idiom meaning ‘to reject.’{N:001}

Show passage in OET: REV 3:16

OET-RV REV 3:16

16 So because you’re lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I’ll spit you out of my mouth.

OET-LV REV 3:16

16 Thus, because lukewarm you _are, and neither hot nor cold, I _am _going you to _spit out _of the mouth of _me.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐμέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to vomit