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μέτωπον

metōpon · forehead

Greek word · Strong’s number G3359 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

metōpon (μέτωπον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “forehead”.

How to say it

me·tō·pon

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The part of the face above the eyes.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • forehead ×4
  • foreheads ×4

Where it appears

  • Revelation 7:3

    saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the slaves of our God on their foreheads.”

  • Revelation 9:4

    And they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green thing or any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

  • Revelation 13:16

    And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

  • Revelation 14:1

    And I looked, and look, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a hundred forty four thousand who had his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.

  • Revelation 14:9

    And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

  • Revelation 17:5

    and on her forehead a name written, a mystery: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.”

  • Revelation 20:4

    And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with the Messiah for a thousand years.

  • Revelation 22:4

    and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.