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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. 1 Samuel 25:19לְפָנַ֔י · ahead of me
    …and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:23פָּנֶ֔יהָ · facedown
    When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
  3. 1 Samuel 25:35פָּנָֽיִךְ׃
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  4. 1 Samuel 26:1פְּנֵ֥י
    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
  5. 1 Samuel 26:3פְּנֵ֥י
    Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
  6. 1 Samuel 26:19לִפְנֵ֣י · in the presence
    Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
  7. 1 Samuel 26:20פְּנֵ֣י · the presence
    So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
  8. 1 Samuel 28:22לְפָנֶ֛יךָ · before you
    Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
  9. 1 Samuel 28:25לִפְנֵֽי־ · it to; וְלִפְנֵ֥י
    She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
  10. 1 Samuel 29:8לְפָנֶ֔יךָ · to you
    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
  11. 1 Samuel 30:16פְּנֵ֣י
    So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
  12. 1 Samuel 30:20לִפְנֵי֙ · ahead of
    And he took all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
  13. 1 Samuel 31:1מִפְּנֵ֣י · before
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  14. 2 Samuel 2:14לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ · before us
    Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
  15. 2 Samuel 2:17לִפְנֵ֖י · by
    The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
  16. 2 Samuel 2:22פָנַ֔י · my face
    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
  17. 2 Samuel 2:24פְּנֵי־
    But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
  18. 2 Samuel 3:13פָּנַ֔י · before me; לִפְנֵ֣י; פָּנָֽי׃ס
    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
  19. 2 Samuel 3:31לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
  20. 2 Samuel 3:34לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
  21. 2 Samuel 3:35לִפְנֵ֧י · before
    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
  22. 2 Samuel 5:3לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
  23. 2 Samuel 5:20לְפָנַ֖י · before me
    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
  24. 2 Samuel 5:24לְפָנֶ֔יךָ · before you
    As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
  25. 2 Samuel 6:4לִפְנֵ֥י · in front
    …bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.
  26. 2 Samuel 6:5לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
  27. 2 Samuel 6:14לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
  28. 2 Samuel 6:16לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
  29. 2 Samuel 6:17לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  30. 2 Samuel 6:21לִפְנֵ֣י · I was dancing before; לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
  31. 2 Samuel 7:9מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ · from before you
    I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
  32. 2 Samuel 7:15מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ׃ · before you
    But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
  33. 2 Samuel 7:16לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before
    Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
  34. 2 Samuel 7:18לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
  35. 2 Samuel 7:23מִפְּנֵ֣י · from before
    And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
  36. 2 Samuel 7:26לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ · before You
    …so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
  37. 2 Samuel 7:29לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before You
    Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
  38. 2 Samuel 9:6פָּנָ֖יו
    And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
  39. 2 Samuel 10:9פְּנֵ֣י; מִפָּנִ֖ים · before him
    When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
  40. 2 Samuel 10:13מִפָּנָֽיו׃ · before him
    So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
  41. 2 Samuel 10:14מִפְּנֵ֣י · before
    When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
  42. 2 Samuel 10:15לִפְנֵ֣י · by
    When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
  43. 2 Samuel 10:16לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ · leading them
    Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
  44. 2 Samuel 10:18מִפְּנֵ֣י · before
    But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
  45. 2 Samuel 10:19לִפְנֵ֣י · by
    When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.