Strong's Lexicon
G3359
G3359 — μέτωπον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3359 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μέτωπον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3326 and ops (the face) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | metopon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | met'-o-pon |
| Meaning: | 1. the forehead (as opposite the countenance) |
| KJV Renderings: | forehead |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μέτωπον, μετώπου, τό (μετά, ὤψ ’eye’), from Homer down; the Sept. for îÅöÇç (literally, the space between the eyes) the forehead: Rev 7:3; Rev 9:4; Rev 13:16; Rev 14:1; Rev 14:9; Rev 17:5; Rev 20:4; Rev 22:4.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μέτωπον (forehead)
Revelation 7:3
- KJV: Saying Hurt not the earth neither the sea nor the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads
- GK: λέγων μη αδικήσητε την γην μήτε την θάλασσαν μήτε τα δένδρα άχρις ου σφραγίσωμεν τους δούλους του θεού ημών επί των μετώπων αυτών
Revelation 9:4
- KJV: And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth neither any green thing neither any tree but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads
- GK: και ερρέθη αυταίς ίνα μη αδικήσωσι τον χόρτον της γης ουδέ παν χλωρόν ουδέ παν δένδρον ει τους ανθρώπους μόνους οίτινες ουκ έχουσι την σφραγίδα του θεού επί των μετώπων αυτών
Revelation 13:16
- KJV: And he causeth all both small and great rich and poor free and bond to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads
- GK: και ποιεί πάντας τους μικρούς και τους μεγάλους και τους πλουσίους και τους πτωχούς και τους ελευθέρους και τους δούλους ίνα δωση αυτοίς χαράγμα επί της χειρός αυτών της δεξιάς η επί των μέτωπων αυτών
Revelation 14:1
- KJV: And I looked and lo a Lamb stood on the mount Sion and with him an hundred forty four thousand having his Father’s name written in their foreheads
- GK: και είδον και ιδού αρνίον εστηκός επί το όρος Σιών και μετ΄ αυτού εκατόν τεσσαράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες έχουσαι το όνομα αυτού και το όνομα του πατρός αυτού γεγραμμένον επί των μετώπων αυτών
Revelation 14:9
- KJV: And the third angel followed them saying with a loud voice If any man worship the beast and his image and receive mark in his forehead or in his hand
- GK: και άλλος άγγελος τρίτος ηκολούθησεν αυτοίς λέγων εν φωνή μεγάλη ει προσκυνεί το θηρίον και την εικόνα αυτού και λαμβάνει χάραγμα επί του μετώπου αυτού η επί την χείρα αυτού
Revelation 17:5
- KJV: And upon her forehead a name written MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
- GK: και επί το μέτωπον αυτής όνομα γεγραμμένον μυστήριον Βαβυλών η μεγάλη η μήτηρ των πόρνων και των βδελυγμάτων της γης
Revelation 20:4
- KJV: And I saw thrones and they sat upon them and judgment was given unto them and the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God and which had not worshipped the beast neither his image neither had received mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years
- GK: και είδον θρόνους και εκάθισαν επ΄ αυτούς και κρίμα εδόθη αυτοίς και τας ψυχάς των πεπελεκισμένων διά την μαρτυρίαν Ιησού και διά τον λόγον του θεού και οίτινες ου προσεκύνησαν τω θηρίω ούτε τη εικονι αυτού και ουκ έλαβον το χάραγμα επί το μέτωπον αυτών και επί την χείρα αυτών και έζησαν και εβασίλευσαν μετά του χριστού χίλια έτη
Revelation 22:4
- KJV: And they shall see his face and his name in their foreheads
- GK: και όψονται το πρόσωπον αυτού και το όνομα αυτού επί των μετώπων αυτών