Brow
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"an eyebrow," stands for "the brow of a hill," Luke 4:29 , from the resemblance to an eyebrow, i.e., a ridge with an overhanging bank.
King James Dictionary [2]
BROW, n. L. palpebra.. It is probably contracted from brg,and signifies an edge,border or projection.
1. The prominent ridge over the eye, forming an arch above the orbit. The skin of this arch or ridge is moved by muscles, which contract it in a frown and elevate it in joy or surprise. Hence, to know the brows, is to frown. 2. The hair that covers the brow forming an arch, called the eye brow. 3. The forehead. Hence, the general air of the countenance. 4. The edge of a steep place, as the brink of a river or precipice as the brow of a hill. 5. A fringe of coppice, adjoining to the hedge of a field.
BROW, To bound to limit to form the edge or border of.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (n.) The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.
(2): (n.) The forehead; as, a feverish brow.
(3): (n.) The general air of the countenance.
(4): (n.) The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.
(5): (v. t.) To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
(6): (n.) The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
brou : Is found in Isaiah 48:4 , "thy brow brass" as the translation of מצח , mēcaḥ , meaning "to be clear," i.e. conspicuous. In Luke 4:29 "led him unto the brow of the hill" is the rendering of ὀφρύς , ophrús , literally "the eyebrow," but used throughout Greek literature as any prominent point or projection of land (compare use of supercilium in Verg. Georg . i.108).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( מֵצִח , Me'Tsach, Isaiah 48:4, the Forehead, as elsewhere rendered;
Ὀφρύς , the Edge of a hill, Luke 4:29). (See Eye).
