מֵצַח metsach

Hebrew word for “forehead” · Strong’s H4696 · used 13 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

brow, forehead

How it is translated

Glosses given for metsach in context, with how often each is used:

• forehead 12
• foreheads 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 3 (3), 2 Chronicles 26 (2), Exodus 28 (1), 1 Samuel 17 (1), Isaiah 48 (1), Jeremiah 3 (1), Ezekiel 9 (1)

Forms

• במצחו 3
• מצח 2
• מצחו 2
• מצחך 2
• ומצחך 1
• ומצח 1
• מצחם 1
• מצחות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with metsach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָזָק chazaq “strong” 3
• קָשֶׁה qasheh “severe” 2
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 2
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 2
• שָׁם sham “there” 2
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 2

Key verses

The verses using metsach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 28:38 — And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts;…
• 1 Samuel 17:49 — And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and…
• 2 Chronicles 26:19 — Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before…
• 2 Chronicles 26:20 — And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea,…
• Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
• Jeremiah 3:3 — Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
• Ezekiel 3:7 — But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
• Ezekiel 3:8 — Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
• Ezekiel 3:9 — As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
• Ezekiel 9:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.