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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. Joshua 19:11פְּנֵ֥י
    It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
  2. Joshua 19:51לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.
  3. Joshua 20:6לִפְנֵ֤י · before
    He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
  4. Joshua 20:9לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
  5. Joshua 21:44בִּפְנֵיהֶם֙ · against them
    And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
  6. Joshua 22:27לְפָנָ֔יו · in His presence
    Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
  7. Joshua 22:29לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”
  8. Joshua 23:3מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם · for your sake
    …“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
  9. Joshua 23:5מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם · out of your way; מִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑ם
    The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
  10. Joshua 23:9מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם · before you; בִּפְנֵיכֶ֔ם · against you
    The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
  11. Joshua 23:13מִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑ם · before you
    …know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
  12. Joshua 24:1לִפְנֵ֥י · themselves before
    Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
  13. Joshua 24:8מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃ · before you
    Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
  14. Joshua 24:12לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ · ahead of you; מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם · before you
    I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
  15. Joshua 24:18מִפָּנֵ֑ינוּ · before us
    And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
  16. Judges 1:10לְפָנִ֖ים · formerly
    Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  17. Judges 1:11לְפָנִ֖ים · formerly
    From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
  18. Judges 1:23לְפָנִ֖ים · formerly
    They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
  19. Judges 2:3מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם · before you
    So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
  20. Judges 2:14לִפְנֵ֥י
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
  21. Judges 2:18מִפְּנֵ֥י · under those
    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
  22. Judges 2:21מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם
    I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
  23. Judges 3:2לְפָנִ֖ים · formerly
    …if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
  24. Judges 3:27לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
    On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
  25. Judges 4:14לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before you
    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  26. Judges 4:15לִפְנֵ֣י · And in front of
    And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
  27. Judges 4:23לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
  28. Judges 5:5מִפְּנֵ֣י · before; מִפְּנֵ֕י · before
    The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
  29. Judges 6:2מִפְּנֵ֨י · Because of
    …and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
  30. Judges 6:6מִפְּנֵ֣י · by
    Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
  31. Judges 6:9מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם · before you
    I delivered you out of the hands of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.
  32. Judges 6:11מִפְּנֵ֥י · from
    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
  33. Judges 6:18לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before You
    Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”
  34. Judges 6:22פָּנִ֖ים · face; פָּנִֽים׃ · face
    When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
  35. Judges 8:28לִפְנֵי֙ · before
    In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
  36. Judges 9:21מִפְּנֵ֖י · for fear
    Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
  37. Judges 9:39לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
  38. Judges 9:40מִפָּנָ֑יו · before him
    …but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
  39. Judges 11:3מִפְּנֵ֣י · from
    So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
  40. Judges 11:9לְפָנָ֑י · to me
    But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
  41. Judges 11:11לִפְנֵ֥י · in the presence
    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
  42. Judges 11:23מִפְּנֵ֖י · from before
    Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
  43. Judges 11:24מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ · us
    Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
  44. Judges 11:33מִפְּנֵ֖י · before
    With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
  45. Judges 13:15לְפָנֶ֖יךָ · for you
    “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”