Strong G4600σιαγών
cheek
- Transliteration
- siagōn
- Pronunciation
- see-ag-one'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; the jaw bone that is (by implication) the cheek or side of the face: - cheek.
Detailed definition
σιαγών, -όνος, ἡ
[in LXX for לְחִי;]
the jawbone, jaw, cheek: Mat.5:39, Luk.6:29 (cf. MM, xxii).†
(AS)
[in LXX for לְחִי;]
the jawbone, jaw, cheek: Mat.5:39, Luk.6:29 (cf. MM, xxii).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4600 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cheek2
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- Luke 6:29And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
σῐᾱγών,
Ionic dialect σῐηγών, όνος, ἡ, jaw-bone, jaw, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.17.β, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 112, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 287, “PCair.Zen.” 76.12 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Judg.15.14, +others)]; of an ox, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 163)]; of a camel, probably in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.909 (a). 7 (2nd c.AD))]; κινεῖται δὲ τοῖς.. ζῴοις ἅπασιν ἡ κάτωθεν σ., κτλ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 516a24, compare 492b22)]; cheek, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 5.6, NT.Matt.5.39)]:—written συαγών, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 100.5 (2nd c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.94f)]; also σεαγών, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 153.17, 35 (2nd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 5167.11.)]
Ionic dialect σῐηγών, όνος, ἡ, jaw-bone, jaw, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.17.β, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 112, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 287, “PCair.Zen.” 76.12 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Judg.15.14, +others)]; of an ox, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 163)]; of a camel, probably in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.909 (a). 7 (2nd c.AD))]; κινεῖται δὲ τοῖς.. ζῴοις ἅπασιν ἡ κάτωθεν σ., κτλ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 516a24, compare 492b22)]; cheek, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 5.6, NT.Matt.5.39)]:—written συαγών, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 100.5 (2nd c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.94f)]; also σεαγών, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 153.17, 35 (2nd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 5167.11.)]