Revelation 13:16:34Rev.13.16.W34TAB
μέτωπον
metōpon
“forehead”
- Transliteration
- ME-tō-pon
- Extended
- MEH-toh-pon
- IPA
- /ˈme.tɔː.pon/
Meaning by language
- English
- forehead
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ME-tō-pon
- sentence
KAI poi-EI PAN-tas tous mi-KROUS KAI tous me-GA-lous KAI tous plou-SI-ous KAI tous ptō-KHOUS KAI tous e-leu-THE-rous KAI tous DOU-lous HI-na DO-sin au-TOIS KHA-ra-gma e-PI tês khei-ROS au-TŌN tês de-ksi-AS ê e-PI to ME-tō-pon au-TŌN
Exegesis
Charagma {χάραγμα | khá-rag-ma} functions as the object, localized by two prepositional phrases with epi {ἐπὶ | epí}: first governing the genitive tēs cheiros autōn tēs dexias {τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν τῆς δεξιᾶς | tês khei-rós autôn tês de-xi-âs} “on their right hand,” then the accusative to metopon autōn {τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῶν | tò mé-tō-pon autôn} “on their forehead.” The parallelism of epi and autōn binds these locations as alternative sites of the one compulsory marking.
Root and etymology
meta + opsmu–epsilon–tau–alpha; omega–psi
“fore-part of the face, forehead”
In context — Revelation 13:16
And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves , so that they receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:16:34 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 34 of Revelation 13:16, so the Greek word μέτωπον (metōpon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.13.16.W34, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.16.W34.S1) and character.