מֵ֫צַח noun masculineExodus 3:8 brow, forehead; —
׳מ absolute
Ezekiel 3:7, construct
Exodus 28:28;
Jeremiah 3:3; suffix
מִצְחֲךָ Ezekiel 3:8;
Isaiah 48:4,
מִצְחֶ֑וֺ Ezekiel 3:9;
מִצְחוֺ Exodus 28:38 4t.;
מִצְחָם Exodus 3:8; plural construct
מִצְחוֺת Ezekiel 9:4; —
brow, forehead, struck by stone from David's sling
1 Samuel 17:49 (twice in verse); Aaron's forehead
Exodus 28:38 (twice in verse); place where leprosy appears 2Chronicles 26:19,20; place for a distinguishing mark or cross
Ezekiel 9:4;
׳חִזְקֵימֿ Ezekiel 3:7 the house of Israel are
stout of forehead (i.e. obstinate; ""
קְשֵׁילֵֿב), compare
Ezekiel 3:8; so
מִצְהֲךָ נְחוּשָׁה Isaiah 48:4 thy brow (is)
brass (""
גִּיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְמֶּ֑ךָ); also of boldness, firmness of prophet
Isaiah 48:8, and
Isaiah 48:9 (but dele
ᵐ5 Co);
אִשָּׁה ׳זוֺנָה הָיָה לָךְ מ Jeremiah 3:3, i.e. thou wast shameless (""
מֵאַנְתְּ הִכָּלֵם).
Strong's Hebrew: 4696. מֵ֫צַח (metsach) — 13 Occurrences
Exodus 28:38
HEB: וְהָיָה֮ עַל־ מֵ֣צַח אַהֲרֹן֒ וְנָשָׂ֨א
NAS: It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron
KJV: And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron
INT: become and forehead Aaron's shall take
Exodus 28:38
HEB: וְהָיָ֤ה עַל־ מִצְחוֹ֙ תָּמִ֔יד לְרָצ֥וֹן
NAS: and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted
KJV: and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted
INT: become be on his forehead shall always may be accepted
1 Samuel 17:49
HEB: הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י אֶל־ מִצְח֑וֹ וַתִּטְבַּ֤ע הָאֶ֙בֶן֙
NAS: the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone
KJV: the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone
INT: the Philistine on his forehead sank and the stone
1 Samuel 17:49
HEB: וַתִּטְבַּ֤ע הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ בְּמִצְח֔וֹ וַיִּפֹּ֥ל עַל־
NAS: sank into his forehead, so that he fell
KJV: sunk into his forehead; and he fell
INT: sank and the stone his forehead fell on
2 Chronicles 26:19
HEB: וְ֠הַצָּרַעַת זָרְחָ֨ה בְמִצְח֜וֹ לִפְנֵ֤י הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙
NAS: broke out on his forehead before
KJV: even rose up in his forehead before
INT: the leprosy broke his forehead before the priests
2 Chronicles 26:20
HEB: ה֤וּא מְצֹרָע֙ בְּמִצְח֔וֹ וַיַּבְהִל֖וּהוּ מִשָּׁ֑ם
NAS: he [was] leprous on his forehead; and they hurried
KJV: upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out
INT: himself he leprous his forehead hurried of there
Isaiah 48:4
HEB: בַּרְזֶל֙ עָרְפֶּ֔ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ֖ נְחוּשָֽׁה׃
NAS: sinew And your forehead bronze,
KJV: sinew, and thy brow brass;
INT: is an iron and your neck and your forehead bronze
Jeremiah 3:3
HEB: ל֣וֹא הָיָ֑ה וּמֵ֨צַח אִשָּׁ֤ה זוֹנָה֙
NAS: a harlot's forehead; You refused
KJV: and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst
INT: no has been forehead ess commit fornication
Ezekiel 3:7
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חִזְקֵי־ מֵ֥צַח וּקְשֵׁי־ לֵ֖ב
INT: of Israel harder brow churlish care for
Ezekiel 3:8
HEB: פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם וְאֶֽת־ מִצְחֲךָ֥ חָזָ֖ק לְעֻמַּ֥ת
NAS: as their faces and your forehead as hard
KJV: their faces, and thy forehead strong
INT: against as their faces and your forehead hard against
Ezekiel 3:8
HEB: חָזָ֖ק לְעֻמַּ֥ת מִצְחָֽם׃
NAS: as hard as their foreheads.
KJV: strong against their foreheads.
INT: hard against as their foreheads
Ezekiel 3:9
HEB: מִצֹּ֖ר נָתַ֣תִּי מִצְחֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא־ תִירָ֤א
NAS: I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid
KJV: have I made thy forehead: fear
INT: flint have made your forehead Do not be afraid
Ezekiel 9:4
HEB: תָּ֜ו עַל־ מִצְח֣וֹת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַנֶּֽאֱנָחִים֙
NAS: a mark on the foreheads of the men
KJV: a mark upon the foreheads of the men
INT: A mark over the foreheads of the men sigh