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. Isaiah 45:22פְּנוּ־ · Turn
    Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  2. Isaiah 53:6פָּנִ֑ינוּ · has turned
    We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
  3. Isaiah 56:11פָּנ֔וּ · turn
    Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
  4. Isaiah 57:14פַּנּוּ־ · prepare
    And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
  5. Isaiah 62:10פַּנּ֖וּ · prepare
    Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
  6. Jeremiah 2:27פָנ֥וּ · They have turned
    …say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
  7. Jeremiah 6:4פָנָ֣ה · is fading
    ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
  8. Jeremiah 32:33וַיִּפְנ֥וּ · They have turned
    They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
  9. Jeremiah 46:5הִפְנ֑וּ · looking back
    Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
  10. Jeremiah 46:21הִפְנ֛וּ · will turn back
    Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.
  11. Jeremiah 47:3הִפְנ֤וּ · turn back
    …at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
  12. Jeremiah 48:39הִפְנָה־ · has turned
    “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
  13. Jeremiah 49:8הָפְנוּ֙ · Turn
    Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.
  14. Jeremiah 49:24הִפְנְתָ֥ה · she has turned
    Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
  15. Jeremiah 50:16יִפְנ֔וּ · will turn
    Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
  16. Ezekiel 8:3הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה
    He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
  17. Ezekiel 9:2מָפְנֶ֣ה · faces
    And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
  18. Ezekiel 10:11יִפְנֶ֤ה · faced
    When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
  19. Ezekiel 11:1הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה · that faces
    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
  20. Ezekiel 17:6לִפְנ֤וֹת · turned
    It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.
  21. Ezekiel 29:16בִּפְנוֹתָ֖ם · in turning
    Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
  22. Ezekiel 36:9וּפָנִ֣יתִי · I will turn
    For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
  23. Ezekiel 43:1פֹּנֶ֖ה · faces
    Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
  24. Ezekiel 43:17פְּנ֥וֹת · [shall] face
    The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”
  25. Ezekiel 44:1הַפֹּנֶ֖ה · that faced
    The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
  26. Ezekiel 46:1הַפֹּנֶ֣ה · that faces
    “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
  27. Ezekiel 46:12הַפֹּנֶ֣ה · facing
    When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
  28. Ezekiel 46:19הַפֹּנ֖וֹת · facing
    Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
  29. Ezekiel 47:2הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה · facing
    Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.
  30. Hosea 3:1פֹּנִים֙ · turn
    Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”
  31. Nahum 2:8מַפְנֶֽה׃ · one turns back
    Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
  32. Zephaniah 3:15פִּנָּ֖ה · He has turned back
    The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
  33. Haggai 1:9פָּנֹ֤ה · You expected
    You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
  34. Malachi 2:13פְּנוֹת֙ · regards
    And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.
  35. Malachi 3:1וּפִנָּה־ · who will prepare
    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.