Cheek
σιαγώνStrong’s G4600siagōn
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Siagōn is the Greek word usually translated “cheek”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.”
Meaning
Usually translated “cheek”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- cheek 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
σιαγών siagōn · cheek
σιαγών, -όνος, ἡ [in LXX for לְחִי ;] the jawbone, jaw, cheek: Mat.5:39, Luk.6:29 (cf. MM, xxii).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cheek” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHEEK, noun
- The side of the face below the eyes on each side.
- Among mechanics, cheeks are those pieces of a machine which form corresponding sides, or which are double and alike; as the cheeks of a printing press, which stand perpendicular and support the three sommers, the head, shelves and winter; the cheeks of a turners lathe; the cheeks of a glaziers vise; the cheeks of a mortar, and of a gun-carriage; the cheeks of a mast, which serve to sustain the trestle trees, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.