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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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פָּנֶה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,128 total
  1. Deuteronomy 9:19מִפְּנֵ֤י
    For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
  2. Deuteronomy 9:25לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
  3. Deuteronomy 10:8לִפְנֵ֨י · before
    At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
  4. Deuteronomy 10:11לִפְנֵ֣י · ahead of
    Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
  5. Deuteronomy 10:17פָנִ֔ים
    For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
  6. Deuteronomy 11:4פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם · them
    …what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
  7. Deuteronomy 11:23מִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑ם · before you
    …then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
  8. Deuteronomy 11:25בִּפְנֵיכֶ֑ם · against you; פְּנֵ֤י · upon
    No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
  9. Deuteronomy 11:26לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם · before you
    See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
  10. Deuteronomy 11:32לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם · before you
    …be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
  11. Deuteronomy 12:7לִפְנֵי֙ · in the presence
    There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
  12. Deuteronomy 12:12לִפְנֵי֮ · before
    And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  13. Deuteronomy 12:18לִפְנֵי֩ · in the presence; לִפְנֵי֙ · before
    Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
  14. Deuteronomy 12:29מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ · before you
    When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,
  15. Deuteronomy 12:30מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ · before you
    …be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
  16. Deuteronomy 14:2פְּנֵ֥י · the face
    …for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
  17. Deuteronomy 14:23לִפְנֵ֣י׀ · in the presence
    And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
  18. Deuteronomy 14:26לִפְנֵי֙ · in the presence
    Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
  19. Deuteronomy 15:20לִפְנֵי֩ · before
    Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
  20. Deuteronomy 16:11לִפְנֵ֣י׀ · before
    …and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  21. Deuteronomy 16:16פְּנֵ֣י׀ · before; פְּנֵ֥י · before
    Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
  22. Deuteronomy 16:19פָּנִ֑ים
    Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
  23. Deuteronomy 17:18מִלִּפְנֵ֥י · in the presence
    When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
  24. Deuteronomy 18:7לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    …then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
  25. Deuteronomy 18:12מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃ · [the nations] before you
    For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
  26. Deuteronomy 19:17לִפְנֵ֣י · in the presence; לִפְנֵ֤י · before
    …both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
  27. Deuteronomy 20:3מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ · because of them
    …saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
  28. Deuteronomy 20:19מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ
    When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
  29. Deuteronomy 21:16פְּנֵ֥י · the firstborn
    …when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
  30. Deuteronomy 22:6לְפָנֶ֡יךָ
    If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
  31. Deuteronomy 22:17לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
  32. Deuteronomy 23:14לְפָנֶ֔יךָ · to you
    For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
  33. Deuteronomy 24:4לִפְנֵ֣י · to
    …then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  34. Deuteronomy 24:13לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    …be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
  35. Deuteronomy 25:2לְפָנָ֔יו · in his presence
    If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
  36. Deuteronomy 25:9בְּפָנָ֑יו · in his face
    …his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
  37. Deuteronomy 26:4לִפְנֵ֕י · before
    Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,
  38. Deuteronomy 26:5לִפְנֵ֣י׀ · before
    …and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
  39. Deuteronomy 26:10לִפְנֵי֙ · before; לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.
  40. Deuteronomy 26:13לִפְנֵי֩ · in the presence
    Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
  41. Deuteronomy 27:7לִפְנֵ֖י · in the presence
    There you are to sacrifice your peace offerings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.
  42. Deuteronomy 28:7לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before you; לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ · from you
    The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
  43. Deuteronomy 28:20מִפְּנֵ֛י · because of
    The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
  44. Deuteronomy 28:25לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.