Greek noun (neuter) · G3359
μέτωπον
metoponmet'-o-pon
forehead
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: métōpon
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3359is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3359
the forehead (as opposite the countenance)
The King James renders it: forehead.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
metopon is rendered "forehead". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Eight of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Revelation 7:3“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
Revelation 7:3μετώπων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's eight uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- forehead4
- foreheads4
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μετώπων4
- μέτωπον3
- μετώπου1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural4N-GPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular3N-ASN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1N-GSN
Revelation
eight uses
“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
- μετώπωνmetoponnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: foreheads
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
- μετώπωνmetoponnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: foreheads
And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
- μέτωπονmetoponnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: forehead
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- μετώπωνmetoponnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: foreheads
And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,
- μετώπουmetopounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: forehead
And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- μέτωπονmetoponnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: forehead
Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
- μέτωπονmetoponnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: forehead
They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
- μετώπωνmetoponnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: foreheads
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.