H4696 מֵצַח
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 12 KJV occurrences
מֵצַח
mêtsach · may'-tsakh
Definition
the forehead (as open and prominent)
KJV Renderings
brow, forehead, [phrase] impudent.
Derivation / Etymology
from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 12)
- Exodus 28:38And 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; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
- Exodus 28:38And 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; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 17:49And 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 he fell upon his face to the earth.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19Then 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 the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
- Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore 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 3:8Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
- Ezekiel 3:9As 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.