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Koine Greek wordlink #165539

SR GNT Rev 20:4 μέτωπον (metōpon) ‘mark on their forehead and on the’ 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 17:5 ‘and on the forehead of her was a name having_been written’ SR GNT Rev 17:5 word 4

OET-LV: 5 and on the forehead of _her was a_name having _been _written: Mystery Babulōn/(Bāⱱel? ) the great, the mother of _the prostitutes, and of _the abominations of _the earth. (REV_17:5)

OET-RV: 5 and a name was written on her forehead. The name was a mystery: ‘Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and the Abominations of the Earth.’ (REV 17:5)

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