H4696 - מֵצַח (mêtsach)

H4696 מֵצַח (mêtsach) may'-tsakh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

forehead

Strong's Definition

the forehead (as open and prominent)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous;

KJV Usage: brow, forehead, [phrase] impudent.

TWOT Reference: 1233a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) brow, forehead

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3359 G3799

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

brow, forehead

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מֵצַח mêtsach BDB Definition: 1) brow, forehead Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous Same Word by TWOT Number: 1233a Total KJV Occurrences: 13

Bible Occurrences (10)

28:38

17:49

26:19 26:20

48:4

3:3

3:7 3:8 3:9 9:4

Exodus 28:38

And it will be [worn] on Aaron’s forehead, so that [he] may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

1 Samuel 17:49

Then David reached... into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

2 Chronicles 26:19

Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence... in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.

2 Chronicles 26:20

When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.

Isaiah 48:4

For I knew that you... are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead [is] bronze.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute...; you refuse to be ashamed.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed... and hard-hearted.......

Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.