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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3359. μέτωπον (metópon) -- Forehead</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3359.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/20-38.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3359.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3359</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3358.htm" title="3358">◄</a> 3359. metópon <a href="../greek/3360.htm" title="3360">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">metópon: Forehead</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">μέτωπον</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>metópon<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>meh'-to-pon<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(met'-o-pon)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Forehead<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>the forehead, front.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek words "meta" (meaning "with" or "after") and "ops" (meaning "eye" or "face").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of the forehead is מֵצַח (metsach), Strong's Hebrew 4696, which also refers to the forehead and is used in contexts such as Ezekiel 9:4, where a mark is placed on the foreheads of the faithful.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "metópon" refers to the forehead, the part of the face above the eyes. In biblical contexts, it often symbolizes identity, allegiance, or ownership, particularly in prophetic and apocalyptic literature.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient cultures, the forehead was considered a prominent and visible part of the body, often used for marking or identifying individuals. In biblical times, markings on the forehead could signify religious devotion, servitude, or divine protection. For instance, in the ancient Near East, slaves or devotees might bear marks on their foreheads to indicate their allegiance to a deity or master.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3359</b> <i>métōpon</i> – properly, "after the eye," referring to the <i>forehead</i>. </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/3326.htm">meta</a> and óps (an eye, face)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the forehead<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>forehead (4), foreheads (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3359: μέτωπον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">μέτωπον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">μετώπου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">μετά</span>, <span class="greek2">ὤψ</span> 'eye'), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">מֵצַח</span> (literally, the space <span class="accented">between the eyes</span>) <span class="accented">the forehead</span>: <a href="/interlinear/revelation/7-3.htm">Revelation 7:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-4.htm">Revelation 9:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/13-16.htm">Revelation 13:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/14-1.htm">Revelation 14:1, 9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/17-5.htm">Revelation 17:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-4.htm">Revelation 20:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-4.htm">Revelation 22:4</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>forehead. <p>From <a href="/greek/3326.htm">meta</a> and ops (the face); the forehead (as opposite the countenance) -- forehead. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3326.htm">meta</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>μέτωπα μετωπον μέτωπον μέτωπόν μετωπου μετώπου μετώπω μετωπων μετώπων μέτωπων metopon metōpon metōpōn metṓpon metṓpōn métopon métōpon metopou metōpou metṓpou<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/revelation/7-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 7:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τῶν <b>μετώπων</b> αὐτῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of our God <span class="itali">on their foreheads.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in their <span class="itali">foreheads.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/7-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on the <span class="itali">foreheads</span> of them<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/9-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 9:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τῶν <b>μετώπων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the seal of God <span class="itali">on their foreheads.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in their <span class="itali">foreheads.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on the <span class="itali">foreheads</span><p><b><a href="/text/revelation/13-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 13:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τὸ <b>μέτωπον</b> αὐτῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> hand or <span class="itali">on their forehead,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in their <span class="itali">foreheads:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/13-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on the <span class="itali">forehead</span> of them<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/14-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 14:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τῶν <b>μετώπων</b> αὐτῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> written <span class="itali">on their foreheads.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in their <span class="itali">foreheads.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/14-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on the <span class="itali">foreheads</span> of them<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/14-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 14:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular">N-GNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τοῦ <b>μετώπου</b> αὐτοῦ ἢ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a mark <span class="itali">on his forehead</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in his <span class="itali">forehead,</span> or in<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/14-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on the <span class="itali">forehead</span> of him or<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/17-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 17:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τὸ <b>μέτωπον</b> αὐτῆς ὄνομα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">and on her forehead</span> a name<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> her <span class="itali">forehead</span> [was] a name<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/17-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> upon the <span class="itali">forehead</span> of her a name<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/20-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 20:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τὸ <b>μέτωπον</b> καὶ ἐπὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the mark <span class="itali">on their forehead</span> and on their hand;<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon their <span class="itali">foreheads,</span> or in<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> upon the <span class="itali">forehead</span> and upon<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/22-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 22:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τῶν <b>μετώπων</b> αὐτῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and His name <span class="itali">[will be] on their foreheads.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [shall be] in their <span class="itali">foreheads.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on the <span class="itali">foreheads</span> of them<p><b><a href="/greek/3359.htm">Strong's Greek 3359</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3359.htm">8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/meto_po_n_3359.htm">μετώπων — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/meto_pon_3359.htm">μέτωπον — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/meto_pou_3359.htm">μετώπου — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3358.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3358"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3358" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3360.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3360"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3360" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>