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me.tsach H4696

מֵ֫צַח (me.tsach) means “forehead” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מֵ֫צַח Hebrew · H4696 13 tagged occurrences in 10 verses

Pronunciation guide: may'-tsakh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4696

מֵ֫צַח · me.tsach · forehead

brow, forehead

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous; the forehead (as open and prominent)

KJV glosses: brow, forehead, [phrase] impudent.

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How translators render H4696

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and your forehead 2
forehead 2
his forehead 1
into his forehead 1
on his forehead 1
the brazen look 1
the forehead 1
the foreheads 1
their foreheads 1
your forehead 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
in his forehead 3
forehead 2
and thy brow 1
and thy forehead 1
impudent 1
into his forehead 1
their foreheads 1
thy forehead 1
upon his forehead 1
upon the foreheads 1

Verses containing H4696

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  1. Exodus 28:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

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  2. 1 Samuel 17:49 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

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  3. 2 Chronicles 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.

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  4. 2 Chronicles 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.

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  5. Isaiah 48:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

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  6. Jeremiah 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

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  7. Ezekiel 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

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  8. Ezekiel 3:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

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  9. Ezekiel 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”

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  10. Ezekiel 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

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Sources and text

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