Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4696
מֵצַח
metsachmay'-tsakh
forehead
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mêtsach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4696is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4696
the forehead (as open and prominent)
The King James renders it: brow, forehead, [phrase] impudent.
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
metsach is rendered "forehead". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 28:38And 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.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
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.
Exodus 28:38מֵ֣צַח
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- forehead his2
- forehead your2
- on forehead his2
- and forehead of1
- and forehead your1
- forehead1
- forehead of1
- forehead their1
- foreheads of1
- in forehead his1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מֵצַר | metsar | terror | Uses3 |
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- בְּמִצְח֔וֹ2
- בְמִצְח֜וֹ1
- וּמֵ֨צַח1
- וּמִצְחֲךָ֖1
- מֵ֣צַח1
- מֵ֥צַח1
- מִצְחוֹ֙1
- מִצְח֑וֹ1
- מִצְח֣וֹת1
- מִצְחֲךָ֥1
- מִצְחֶ֑ךָ1
- מִצְחָֽם׃1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp
Exodus
two uses
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.
- מֵ֣צַחmetzachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: forehead of
- מִצְחוֹ֙mitzchonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: forehead his
1 Samuel
two uses
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.
- מִצְח֑וֹmitzchonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: forehead his
- בְּמִצְח֔וֹbemitzchopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in forehead his
2 Chronicles
two uses
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.
- בְמִצְח֜וֹvemitzchopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on forehead his
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.
- בְּמִצְח֔וֹbemitzchopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on forehead his
Isaiah
one use
For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
- וּמִצְחֲךָ֖umitzchakhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and forehead your
Jeremiah
one use
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.
- וּמֵ֨צַחumetzachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and forehead of
Ezekiel
five uses
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.
- מֵ֥צַחmetzachnoun · masculine singulartagged: forehead
Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
- מִצְחֲךָ֥mitzchakhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: forehead your
- מִצְחָֽם׃mitzchamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: forehead their
I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”
- מִצְחֶ֑ךָmitzchekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: forehead your
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- מִצְח֣וֹתmitzchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foreheads of
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.