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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 Kings 9:25לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
  2. 1 Kings 10:8לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ · before you
    How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
  3. 1 Kings 10:24פְּנֵ֣י · an audience
    The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
  4. 1 Kings 11:7פְּנֵ֣י · of
    At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
  5. 1 Kings 11:36לְפָנַי֙ · before Me
    I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
  6. 1 Kings 12:2מִפְּנֵ֖י
    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
  7. 1 Kings 12:6פְּנֵי֙
    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
  8. 1 Kings 12:8לְפָנָֽיו׃ · him
    But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
  9. 1 Kings 12:30לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
  10. 1 Kings 13:6פְּנֵ֨י · with; פְּנֵ֣י · with
    Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
  11. 1 Kings 13:34פְּנֵ֥י · the face
    And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
  12. 1 Kings 14:9לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before you
    You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
  13. 1 Kings 14:24מִפְּנֵ֖י · before
    There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  14. 1 Kings 15:3לְפָנָ֑יו · before him
    And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.
  15. 1 Kings 16:25לְפָנָֽיו׃ · before him
    But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
  16. 1 Kings 16:30לְפָנָֽיו׃ · were before him
    However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
  17. 1 Kings 16:33לְפָנָֽיו׃ · before him
    Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
  18. 1 Kings 17:1לְפָנָ֔יו · before whom
    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
  19. 1 Kings 17:3פְּנֵ֥י
    “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
  20. 1 Kings 17:5פְּנֵ֥י
    So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
  21. 1 Kings 17:14פְּנֵ֥י · the face
    …for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
  22. 1 Kings 18:1פְּנֵ֥י · the face
    After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
  23. 1 Kings 18:7פָּנָ֔יו · facedown
    Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
  24. 1 Kings 18:15לְפָנָ֑יו · before
    Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
  25. 1 Kings 18:39פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם
    When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
  26. 1 Kings 18:42פָּנָ֖יו · his face
    So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
  27. 1 Kings 18:46לִפְנֵ֣י · ahead of
    And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
  28. 1 Kings 19:11לִפְנֵ֣י · before; לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
  29. 1 Kings 19:13פָּנָיו֙ · his face
    When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
  30. 1 Kings 19:19לְפָנָ֔יו · [of oxen]
    So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
  31. 1 Kings 21:4פָּנָ֖יו · turned his face
    So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
  32. 1 Kings 21:26מִפְּנֵ֖י · before
    He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
  33. 1 Kings 21:29מִלְּפָנָ֑י · before Me; מִפָּנַ֗י · before Me
    “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
  34. 1 Kings 22:10לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ · before them
    Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
  35. 1 Kings 22:21לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.
  36. 2 Kings 1:15מִפָּנָ֑יו · of him
    Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
  37. 2 Kings 3:14לְפָנָ֔יו · before; פְּנֵ֛י · for the presence
    Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
  38. 2 Kings 3:24מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם · before them
    But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
  39. 2 Kings 4:12לְפָנָֽיו׃ · before him
    And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
  40. 2 Kings 4:29פְּנֵ֥י · face
    So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
  41. 2 Kings 4:31לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם · ahead of them; פְּנֵ֣י · face
    Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
  42. 2 Kings 4:38לְפָנָ֑יו · at his feet
    When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
  43. 2 Kings 4:43לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
  44. 2 Kings 4:44לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם · before them
    So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
  45. 2 Kings 5:1לִפְנֵ֤י · sight
    Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.