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.
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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פָּנֶה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,128 total
- Deuteronomy 1:30לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם · before youThe LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
- Deuteronomy 1:33לִפְנֵיכֶ֜ם · before you…who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
- Deuteronomy 1:38לְפָנֶ֔יךָ · before youJoshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
- Deuteronomy 1:42לִפְנֵ֖י · byBut the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
- Deuteronomy 1:45לִפְנֵ֣י · beforeAnd you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.
- Deuteronomy 2:10לְפָנִ֖ים · used to(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- Deuteronomy 2:12לְפָנִים֒ · used to; מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם · from before themThe Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
- Deuteronomy 2:20לְפָנִ֔ים(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
- Deuteronomy 2:21מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם · from before [the Ammonites]They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
- Deuteronomy 2:22מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם · from before them…just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
- Deuteronomy 2:25פְּנֵי֙; מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃ · because of youThis very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
- Deuteronomy 2:31לְפָנֶ֔יךָ · over to youThen the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”
- Deuteronomy 2:33לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ · to usAnd the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
- Deuteronomy 2:36לְפָנֵֽינוּ׃ · usFrom Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- Deuteronomy 3:18לִפְנֵ֛י · ahead ofAt that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 3:28לִפְנֵי֙ · ahead ofBut commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
- Deuteronomy 4:8לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם · before youAnd what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
- Deuteronomy 4:10לִפְנֵ֨י · beforeThe day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
- Deuteronomy 4:32לְפָנֶ֗יךָ · youIndeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
- Deuteronomy 4:37בְּפָנָ֛יו · by His presenceBecause He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
- Deuteronomy 4:38מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ…to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 4:44לִפְנֵ֖י · beforeThis is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 5:4פָּנִ֣ים׀ · face; בְּפָנִ֗ים · to faceThe LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
- Deuteronomy 5:5מִפְּנֵ֣י · ofAt that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
- Deuteronomy 5:7פָּנָֽ֗יַ׃ · MeYou shall have no other gods before Me.
- Deuteronomy 6:15פְּנֵ֥י · the faceFor the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 6:19מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ · before you…driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
- Deuteronomy 6:25לִפְנֵ֛י · beforeAnd if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
- Deuteronomy 7:1מִפָּנֶ֡יךָ · before youWhen the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
- Deuteronomy 7:2לְפָנֶ֖יךָ · to you…and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Deuteronomy 7:6פְּנֵ֥י · the faceFor you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 7:10פָּנָ֖יו · their faces; פָּנָ֖יו · his faceBut those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
- Deuteronomy 7:19מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃…the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
- Deuteronomy 7:20מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃ · from youMoreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
- Deuteronomy 7:21מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם · by themDo not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
- Deuteronomy 7:22מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ · before youThe LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
- Deuteronomy 7:23לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · to youBut the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 7:24בְּפָנֶ֔יךָ · against youHe will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
- Deuteronomy 8:20מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם · before youLike the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 9:2לִפְנֵ֖י · toThe people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
- Deuteronomy 9:3לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ · ahead of you; לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before youBut understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 9:4מִלְּפָנֶיךָ֮ · before you; מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃ · before youWhen the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
- Deuteronomy 9:5מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ · before youIt is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 9:18לִפְנֵ֨י · beforeThen I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.