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Koine Greek wordlink #163670

SR GNT Rev 17:5 μέτωπον (metōpon) ‘and on the forehead of her was a name having_been written’ Strongs=33590 Lemma=metōpon
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form μέτωπον (N-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέτωπον’ (N-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘forehead’.

Rev 13:16 ‘or on the forehead of them’ SR GNT Rev 13:16 word 41

OET-LV: 16 And it _is _making all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they _may _give to _them a_mark on the hand of _them the right, or on the forehead of _them, (REV_13:16)

OET-RV: 16 and it also required each person, whether important or not, and whether rich or poor, free or slave, to have a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. (REV 13:16)

Rev 20:4 ‘mark on their forehead and on the’ SR GNT Rev 20:4 word 51

OET-LV: 4 And I _saw thrones, and they _sat _down on them, and judgement was _given to _them, and the souls of _the ones having _been _beheaded because _of the testimony of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), and because _of the message of_ the _god, and whoever neither prostrated before _the wild _animal, nor the image of _him, and not took the mark on their forehead, and on the hand of _them, and they _lived and reigned with the for_a_Thousand chosen _one /messiah years. (REV_20:4)

OET-RV: 4 I saw thrones with people sitting on them and they were given the responsibility of judging both the souls of the ones who’d been beheaded for believing Yeshua’s and God’s message, and those who didn’t worship the animal or his image and didn’t receive the mark on their hand or forehead. And they lived and reigned with the messiah for a thousand years. (REV 20:4)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘metōpon’ have 2 different glosses: ‘forehead’, ‘foreheads’.

Greek words (1) other than μέτωπον (N-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘forehead’

REV 14:9 μετώπου (metōpou) N-GNS ‘a mark on the forehead of him or on’ SR GNT Rev 14:9 word 35

OET-LV: 9 And an_other messenger third followed after _them, saying with a_voice loud: If anyone is _prostrating before _the wild _animal and the image of _it, and is _receiving a_mark on the forehead of _him, or on the hand of _him, (REV_14:9)

OET-RV: 9 Then a third messenger followed them, saying in a loud voice, “Those who worship the sea creature and its image, and receive a mark on their forehead or on their hand, (REV 14:9)

Key: N=noun ANS=accusative,neuter,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular