ΠΡΟΜΕΤΩΠΙΔΙΟΝ, προμετωπιδιον
PROMETŌPIDION, prometōpidion
Sounds Like: pro-me-toh-PI-di-on
Translations: frontlet, a frontlet, phylactery, a phylactery
From the root: ΠΡΟΜΕΤΩΠΙΔΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a small band or ornament worn on the forehead, often for religious or magical purposes. In a biblical context, it specifically denotes a phylactery, which is a small leather box containing scripture passages, worn by Jewish men during prayer.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4386 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
None found.
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΜΕΤΩΠΙΔΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΜΕΤΩΠΙΔΙΟΥ — of a frontlet, of a band, of a fascia, of a frieze
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.