noun · neuter
metōpem
Strong’sG3359
the forehead
stem metōp-8 times in the New Testament2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μέτωπον, -ου, τό
(μετά + ὤψ, an eye), [in LXX for מֶצַח;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3359 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmet'-o-pon
the forehead (as opposite the countenance)
Fromfrom G3326 and ops (the face);
King Jamesforehead.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
also μέτωπ-ος, ὴ, Refs: (μετά, ὤψ):—properly the space between the eyes Refs 4th c.BC+, brow, forehead, ὁ δὲ προσιόντα [ἤλασεν] μέτωπον ῥινὸς ὑπὲρ πυμάτης Refs 8th c.BC+; χαλάσας τὸ μ. Refs 5th c.BC+; mostly of men, but of a horse in Refs 8th c.BC+; of a boar, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a dog, Refs: in plural, of a single person, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, γαίας μ., of Etna, Refs 5th c.BC+
II front, face of anything, as a wall or building, Refs 5th c.BC+ stades on each face, Refs; τὰ μ. τῶν κλιμακτήρων vertical faces of the steps, Refs; wall extending inwards between two doors, Refs; front or front-line of an army, fleet, etc., Refs 4th c.BC+; εἰς μ. στῆναι to stand in line, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν μετώπῳ καθιστάναι, παρατάξασθαι,Refs
II.2 margin of a book, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III ={χαλβάνη}, or the reed or wood which yields it, Refs 1st c.AD+
III.2 variant for{νέτωπον} (which see).
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | metōpem | metōpeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | metōpeu1×μετώπου | metōpeiu4×μετώπων |
| to, for dative | metōpe | metōpei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
metōpe is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
metōpeu“forehead”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 14:9… auteu, kai labatō charagmem epi teu metōpeu autou ē epi tan cheiran autou,… and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,
metōpeiu“foreheads”of, belonging togenitive plural4×
Revelation 7:3… douloin tou theou nu epi teiu metōpeiu autoiu.… have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
Revelation 9:4… tan sfragidan tou theou epi teiu metōpeiu.… the seal of God on their foreheads.
Revelation 14:1… tou patrou autou graforēntem epi teiu metōpeiu autoiu.… His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 22:4… kai tem onomem autou epi teiu metōpeiu autoiu.… His name will be on their foreheads.
metōpem3×
Revelation 13:16… autoiu tau dexau ē epi tem metōpem autoiu,… their right hand or on their forehead,
Revelation 17:5kai epi tem metōpem autau onomem graforēntem, mustēriem, Babulōnas tas …And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON …
Revelation 20:4… ouk labala tem charagmem epi tem metōpem kai epi tan cheiran autoiu; kai …… not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to …