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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. 2 Samuel 11:11פְּנֵ֤י · the open field
    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
  2. 2 Samuel 11:13לְפָנָ֛יו · with him
    Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
  3. 2 Samuel 11:15פְּנֵ֤י
    In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
  4. 2 Samuel 13:9לְפָנָ֔יו · before him
    Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.
  5. 2 Samuel 14:7פְּנֵ֥י
    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
  6. 2 Samuel 14:20פְּנֵ֣י · this change
    Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
  7. 2 Samuel 14:22פָּנָ֥יו · facedown
    Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
  8. 2 Samuel 14:24וּפָנַ֖י · my face; וּפְנֵ֥י · the face
    But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
  9. 2 Samuel 14:28וּפְנֵ֥י · the face
    Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
  10. 2 Samuel 14:32פְּנֵ֣י · face
    “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
  11. 2 Samuel 14:33לִפְנֵ֣י · before him
    So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
  12. 2 Samuel 15:1לְפָנָֽיו׃ · ahead of him
    Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
  13. 2 Samuel 15:14מִפְּנֵ֣י · from
    And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
  14. 2 Samuel 15:18פְּנֵ֥י
    …and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
  15. 2 Samuel 15:23פְּנֵי־
    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
  16. 2 Samuel 16:19לִפְנֵ֣י · presence; לִפְנֵ֣י · in yours; לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃פ
    Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
  17. 2 Samuel 17:11וּפָנֶ֥יךָ · and that you yourself
    Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
  18. 2 Samuel 17:19פְּנֵ֣י · the mouth
    Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
  19. 2 Samuel 18:7לִפְנֵ֖י · by
    There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
  20. 2 Samuel 18:8פְּנֵ֣י
    The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
  21. 2 Samuel 18:9לִפְנֵ֖י
    Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
  22. 2 Samuel 18:14לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · with you
    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
  23. 2 Samuel 19:4פָּנָ֔יו · his face
    But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
  24. 2 Samuel 19:5פְּנֵ֣י
    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
  25. 2 Samuel 19:8לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
  26. 2 Samuel 19:13לְפָנַ֛י · of my
    And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
  27. 2 Samuel 19:17לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    …along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
  28. 2 Samuel 19:18לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    …and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
  29. 2 Samuel 20:8לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם · them
    And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
  30. 2 Samuel 21:1פְּנֵ֣י · the face
    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
  31. 2 Samuel 21:9לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  32. 2 Samuel 23:11מִפְּנֵ֥י · from
    And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
  33. 2 Samuel 24:4לִפְנֵ֣י · from the presence
    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
  34. 2 Samuel 24:13לִפְנֵֽי־ · of
    So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  35. 1 Kings 1:2לִפְנֵ֣י · to
    So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
  36. 1 Kings 1:5לְפָנָֽיו׃ · ahead of him
    At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
  37. 1 Kings 1:23לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.
  38. 1 Kings 1:25לְפָנָ֑יו · before him
    For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
  39. 1 Kings 1:28לִפְנֵ֣י · presence; לִפְנֵ֥י · before him
    Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
  40. 1 Kings 1:32לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
  41. 1 Kings 1:50מִפְּנֵ֣י · of
    But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
  42. 1 Kings 2:4לְפָנַי֙ · before Me
    …and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  43. 1 Kings 2:7מִפְּנֵ֖י · from
    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
  44. 1 Kings 2:15פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם
    “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
  45. 1 Kings 2:16פָּנָ֑י · me
    So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
  46. 1 Kings 2:17פָּנָ֑יִךְ
    Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”