GREEK · G4600
σιαγών
siagōn — cheek
σιαγών, -όνος, ἡ [in LXX for לְחִי ;] the jawbone, jaw, cheek: Mat.5:39, Luk.6:29 (cf. MM, xxii).† (AS)
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Cheek
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3895
לְחִי
le.chi — Lehi
This name means jaw, cheek Another name of le.chi (לֶחִי "Lehi" H3896)
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γνάθος
gnathos — a cheek
1. the jaw , properly the lower jaw , ἡ κάτω γν. (Herdotus Historicus); ἔπαγε γνάθον take your teeth to it! (Aristophanes Comicus); oft. in plural, (Plato Philosophus), etc. 2. metaphorically of fire, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. metaphorically also, like Lat. fauces, of a narrow strait , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 4. the point or edge , as of a wedge, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
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μῆλον
mēlon — cheeks
cheeks; apple
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τανύω
tanuō — to stretch
1. to stretch, strain, stretch out , (Iliad by Homer); τ. βιόν to string a bow, (Odyssey by Homer); and in Mid., τόξον τανυσσάμενος having strung his bow, (Iliad by Homer):—;of putting the strings to a harp, ἐτάνυσσε χορδήν (Odyssey by Homer); τ. κανόνα to push the weaving-bar tight , i. e. to weave, (Iliad by Homer); ὅπως τανύσηι when he reins in [the horses, 8th/7th c.BC]; ἐπὶ Ἀκράγαντι τανύσσας (i.e. ὀϊστούς) having aimed them, (Pindar):—;Pass., γναθμοὶ τάνυσθεν (for ἐτανύσθησαν) the hollow cheeks filled out , (Odyssey by Homer); to run at full stretch , of horses galloping, (Homer) 2. metaphorically to strain, make more intense , μάχην (Iliad by Homer); ἔριδα πολέμοιο πεῖραρ τάνυσσαν strained the tug of war, (Iliad by Homer) 3. to stretch out, lay along, lay , (Homer); τ. τινὰ ἐν κονίηις, ἐπὶ γαίηι to lay one in the dust, stretch him at his length , (Homer):—;Pass. to lie stretched out , (Homer): to extend , (Odyssey by Homer); ἐπὶ χθονὶ κεῖτο τανυσθείς (Iliad by Homer):—;also, τρίβος τετάνυστο the path stretched away , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
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Smiting on the cheek was accounted a grievous injury and insult (Job 16:10; Lam. 3:30; Micah 5:1). The admonition (Luke 6:29), “Unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other,” means simply, “Resist not evil” (Matt. 5:39; 1 Pet. 2:19-23). Ps. 3:7 = that God had deprived his enemies of the power of doing him injury.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.