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Thompson Chain Reference
• Smitten, Cheeks
• Cheeks Smitten
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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• Cheek, Samuel Best
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• Ague-Cheek, Sir Andrew
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CHEEK . The seat of health and beauty ( Song of Solomon 1:10; Song of Solomon 5:13 ). To be smitten on the cheek was the climax of insult and violence. That the command in Matthew 5:39 is not to be interpreted literally is shown by Christ’s own protest in John 18:23 .

C. W. Emmet