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. 1 Samuel 10:9כְּהַפְנֹת֤וֹ · As Saul turned
    As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
  2. 1 Samuel 13:17יִפְנֶ֛ה · headed
    And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
  3. 1 Samuel 13:18 (2×)יִפְנֶ֔ה; יִפְנֶה֙
    …another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
  4. 1 Samuel 14:47יִפְנֶ֖ה · he turned
    After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
  5. 2 Samuel 1:7וַיִּ֥פֶן · When he turned around
    When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
  6. 2 Samuel 2:20וַיִּ֤פֶן · glanced
    And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.
  7. 2 Samuel 9:8פָנִ֔יתָ · you should show regard
    Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
  8. 1 Kings 2:3תִּפְנֶ֖ה · you turn
    And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
  9. 1 Kings 7:25 (4×)פֹנִ֣ים׀ · facing; פֹנִ֨ים׀ · facing; פֹּנִ֣ים · facing; פֹּנִ֣ים · facing
    The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
  10. 1 Kings 8:28וּפָנִ֜יתָ · Yet regard
    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
  11. 1 Kings 10:13וַתֵּ֛פֶן · Then she left
    King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
  12. 1 Kings 17:3וּפָנִ֥יתָ · turn
    “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
  13. 2 Kings 2:24וַיִּ֤פֶן · Then he turned
    Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
  14. 2 Kings 5:12וַיִּ֖פֶן · So he turned
    Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
  15. 2 Kings 13:23וַיִּ֣פֶן · and He turned
    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
  16. 2 Kings 23:16וַיִּ֣פֶן · turned
    And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
  17. 2 Chronicles 4:4 (4×)פֹנִ֣ים׀ · facing; פֹנִ֨ים׀ · facing; פֹּנִ֣ים · facing; פֹּנִ֣ים · facing
    The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
  18. 2 Chronicles 6:19וּפָנִ֜יתָ · Yet regard
    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
  19. 2 Chronicles 13:14וַיִּפְנ֣וּ · turned
    When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
  20. 2 Chronicles 20:24וַיִּפְנוּ֙ · they looked
    When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
  21. 2 Chronicles 25:23הַפּוֹנֶ֔ה · the Corner
    There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
  22. 2 Chronicles 26:20וַיִּ֣פֶן · turned
    When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
  23. Job 5:1תִּפְנֶֽה׃ · will you turn
    “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
  24. Job 6:28פְנוּ־ · look
    But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
  25. Job 21:5פְּנוּ־ · Look
    Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
  26. Job 24:18יִ֝פְנֶה · turns
    They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
  27. Job 36:21תֵּ֣פֶן · to turn
    Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
  28. Psalm 25:16פְּנֵה־ · Turn
    Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
  29. Psalm 40:4פָנָ֥ה · turned
    Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
  30. Psalm 46:5לִפְנ֥וֹת · dawns
    God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
  31. Psalm 69:16פְּנֵ֣ה · turn
    Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
  32. Psalm 80:9פִּנִּ֥יתָ · You cleared the ground
    You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
  33. Psalm 86:16פְּנֵ֥ה · Turn
    Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
  34. Psalm 90:9פָּנ֣וּ · decline
    For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
  35. Psalm 102:17פָּ֭נָה · He will turn
    He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
  36. Psalm 119:132פְּנֵה־ · Turn
    Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
  37. Proverbs 17:8יִפְנֶ֣ה · he turns
    A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
  38. Ecclesiastes 2:11וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי · considered
    Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
  39. Ecclesiastes 2:12וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי · turned
    Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
  40. Song of Solomon 6:1פָּנָ֣ה · turned
    Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
  41. Isaiah 8:21וּפָנָ֥ה · and looking
    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
  42. Isaiah 13:14יִפְנ֔וּ · will return
    Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
  43. Isaiah 40:3פַּנּ֖וּ · Prepare
    A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.