פָּנָה

pa.nahto turn
hebrewOld TestamentVerb135 occurrences25 books128 verses
This word comes from the name of Corner Gate.

Definition

a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Traditional renderings: appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).

Glossary entries

Corner Gate

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

135 total
  1. Genesis 18:22וַיִּפְנ֤וּ · turned
    And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
  2. Genesis 24:31פִּנִּ֣יתִי · have prepared
    “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
  3. Genesis 24:49וְאֶפְנֶ֥ה · so that I may go
    Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
  4. Genesis 24:63לִפְנ֣וֹת
    Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
  5. Exodus 2:12וַיִּ֤פֶן · After looking
    After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
  6. Exodus 7:23וַיִּ֣פֶן · turned around
    Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
  7. Exodus 10:6וַיִּ֥פֶן · Then [Moses] turned
    They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
  8. Exodus 14:27לִפְנ֥וֹת · and at daybreak
    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
  9. Exodus 16:10וַיִּפְנ֖וּ · they looked
    And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
  10. Exodus 32:15וַיִּ֜פֶן · turned
    Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
  11. Leviticus 14:36וּפִנּ֣וּ · be cleared
    The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
  12. Leviticus 19:4תִּפְנוּ֙ · turn
    Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
  13. Leviticus 19:31תִּפְנ֤וּ · turn
    You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
  14. Leviticus 20:6תִּפְנֶ֤ה · turns
    Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
  15. Leviticus 26:9וּפָנִ֣יתִי · I will turn
    I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
  16. Numbers 12:10וַיִּ֧פֶן · turned
    As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
  17. Numbers 14:25פְּנ֨וּ · turn back
    Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
  18. Numbers 16:15תֵּ֖פֶן · regard
    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
  19. Numbers 16:42וַיִּפְנוּ֙ · turned
    But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
  20. Numbers 21:33וַיִּפְנוּ֙ · Then they turned
    Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
  21. Deuteronomy 1:7פְּנ֣וּ׀ · Resume
    Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
  22. Deuteronomy 1:24וַיִּפְנוּ֙ · They left
    They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
  23. Deuteronomy 1:40פְּנ֣וּ · are to turn back
    But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
  24. Deuteronomy 2:1וַנֵּ֜פֶן · Then we turned back
    Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
  25. Deuteronomy 2:3פְּנ֥וּ · turn
    “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
  26. Deuteronomy 2:8וַנֵּ֙פֶן֙ · We turned away
    So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
  27. Deuteronomy 3:1וַנֵּ֣פֶן · Then we turned
    Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
  28. Deuteronomy 9:15וָאֵ֗פֶן · So I went back
    So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
  29. Deuteronomy 9:27תֵּ֗פֶן
    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.
  30. Deuteronomy 10:5וָאֵ֗פֶן · and I went back
    …and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
  31. Deuteronomy 16:7וּפָנִ֣יתָ
    And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.
  32. Deuteronomy 23:11לִפְנֽוֹת־ · approaches
    When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
  33. Deuteronomy 29:18פֹנֶ֤ה · turns away
    Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
  34. Deuteronomy 30:17יִפְנֶ֥ה · turns away
    But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
  35. Deuteronomy 31:18פָנָ֔ה · by turning
    And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
  36. Deuteronomy 31:20וּפָנָ֞ה · Then they will turn
    When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
  37. Joshua 7:12יִפְנוּ֙ · They will turn
    This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
  38. Joshua 8:20וַיִּפְנ֣וּ · turned
    When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.
  39. Joshua 15:2הַפֹּנֶ֥ה
    Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
  40. Joshua 15:7פֹּנֶ֣ה · turning
    Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
  41. Joshua 22:4פְּנוּ֩ · you may return
    And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
  42. Judges 6:14וַיִּ֤פֶן · turned
    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
  43. Judges 15:4וַיֶּ֤פֶן · turned
    Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
  44. Judges 18:21וַיִּפְנ֖וּ · they turned
    Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
  45. Judges 18:26וַיִּ֖פֶן · and Micah turned
    So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
  46. Judges 19:26לִפְנ֣וֹת · Early that morning
    Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
  47. Judges 20:40וַיִּ֤פֶן · looked
    But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
  48. Judges 20:42וַיִּפְנ֞וּ · So they fled
    So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
  49. Judges 20:45וַיִּפְנ֞וּ · Then the Benjamites turned
    Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
  50. Judges 20:47וַיִּפְנ֞וּ · turned
    But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.