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פָּנֶה

pa.nehface: beforeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine2,128 occurrences38 books1,892 verses

Definition

plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Traditional renderings: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,128 total
  1. Genesis 1:2פְּנֵ֣י · the surface; פְּנֵ֥י · the surface
    Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  2. Genesis 1:20פְּנֵ֖י · the open
    And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
  3. Genesis 1:29פְּנֵ֣י · the face
    Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
  4. Genesis 2:6פְּנֵֽי־ · surface
    But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
  5. Genesis 3:8מִפְּנֵי֙ · from the presence
    Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
  6. Genesis 4:5פָּנָֽיו׃ · and his countenance
    …but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
  7. Genesis 4:6פָנֶֽיךָ׃ · has your countenance
    “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
  8. Genesis 4:14פְּנֵ֣י · from the face; וּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָ · Your face
    Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
  9. Genesis 4:16מִלִּפְנֵ֣י · from the presence
    So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
  10. Genesis 6:1פְּנֵ֣י · the face
    Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
  11. Genesis 6:7פְּנֵ֣י · the face
    So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
  12. Genesis 6:11לִפְנֵ֣י · in the sight
    Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
  13. Genesis 6:13לְפָנַ֔י · before Me; מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם · through them
    Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
  14. Genesis 7:1לְפָנַ֖י
    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
  15. Genesis 7:3פְּנֵ֥י · the face
    …and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
  16. Genesis 7:4פְּנֵ֥י · the face
    For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
  17. Genesis 7:7מִפְּנֵ֖י · to escape
    And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
  18. Genesis 7:18פְּנֵ֥י · the surface
    So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
  19. Genesis 7:23פְּנֵ֣י · the face
    And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
  20. Genesis 8:8פְּנֵ֥י · the surface
    Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
  21. Genesis 8:9פְּנֵ֣י · the surface
    But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
  22. Genesis 8:13פְּנֵ֥י · that the surface
    In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
  23. Genesis 9:23וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ · Their faces
    Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
  24. Genesis 10:9לִפְנֵ֣י · before; לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
  25. Genesis 11:4פְּנֵ֥י · the face
    “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
  26. Genesis 11:8פְּנֵ֣י · the face
    So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
  27. Genesis 11:9פְּנֵ֖י · the face
    That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
  28. Genesis 11:28פְּנֵ֖י
    During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
  29. Genesis 13:9לְפָנֶ֔יךָ · before you
    Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
  30. Genesis 13:10לִפְנֵ֣י׀ · (This was before
    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
  31. Genesis 16:6מִפָּנֶֽיהָ׃ · from her
    “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
  32. Genesis 16:8מִפְּנֵי֙ · from
    “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
  33. Genesis 16:12פְּנֵ֥י · toward
    He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
  34. Genesis 17:1לְפָנַ֖י · before Me
    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  35. Genesis 17:3פָּנָ֑יו
    Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
  36. Genesis 17:17פָּנָ֖יו
    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
  37. Genesis 17:18לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ · under Your [blessing]
    And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
  38. Genesis 18:8לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם · before the men
    Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
  39. Genesis 18:16פְּנֵ֣י
    When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
  40. Genesis 18:22לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
  41. Genesis 19:13פְּנֵ֣י
    …because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
  42. Genesis 19:21פָנֶ֔יךָ
    “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
  43. Genesis 19:27פְּנֵ֥י · before
    Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
  44. Genesis 19:28פְּנֵ֤י · toward; פְּנֵ֖י
    He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
  45. Genesis 20:15לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · is before you
    And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”