{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4696",
  "lemma": "מֵצַח",
  "transliteration": "mêtsach",
  "definition": "the forehead (as open and prominent)",
  "kjv": "brow, forehead, [phrase] impudent.",
  "occurrences": 13,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מֵ֫צַח n.m. brow, forehead"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 28:38",
      "text": "It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/28?v=38"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 17:49",
      "text": "David put his hand in his bag, took a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=49"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 48:4",
      "text": "Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/48?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 3:3",
      "text": "Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 3:7",
      "text": "But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/3?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 3:8",
      "text": "Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/3?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 3:9",
      "text": "I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/3?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 9:4",
      "text": "The LORD said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/9?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Chronicles 26:19",
      "text": "Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/26?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Chronicles 26:20",
      "text": "Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead; and they thrust…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/26?v=20"
    }
  ],
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