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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 Kings 5:1פָנִ֔ים
    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.
  2. 2 Kings 5:2לִפְנֵ֖י
    At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.
  3. 2 Kings 5:3לִפְנֵ֥י
    She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
  4. 2 Kings 5:15לְפָנָיו֒ · before him
    Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
  5. 2 Kings 5:16לְפָנָ֖יו · before whom
    But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
  6. 2 Kings 5:23לְפָנָֽיו׃ · ahead of Gehazi
    But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
  7. 2 Kings 5:27מִלְּפָנָ֖יו · his presence
    Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
  8. 2 Kings 6:1לְפָנֶ֖יךָ · with you
    Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
  9. 2 Kings 6:22לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם · before them
    “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
  10. 2 Kings 6:32מִלְּפָנָ֗יו · ahead
    Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  11. 2 Kings 8:9לְפָנָ֔יו · before him
    So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  12. 2 Kings 8:11פָּנָ֖יו · his gaze
    Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
  13. 2 Kings 8:15פָּנָ֖יו · the king’s face
    But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
  14. 2 Kings 9:14מִפְּנֵ֥י · against
    Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
  15. 2 Kings 9:32פָנָיו֙
    He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
  16. 2 Kings 9:37פְּנֵ֥י
    And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
  17. 2 Kings 10:4לְפָנָ֑יו · against him
    But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
  18. 2 Kings 11:2מִפְּנֵ֥י · from
    But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
  19. 2 Kings 11:18לִפְנֵ֣י · in front of
    So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
  20. 2 Kings 12:17פָּנָ֔יו
    At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
  21. 2 Kings 13:4פְּנֵ֣י · the favor
    Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
  22. 2 Kings 13:14פָּנָיו֙ · him
    When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
  23. 2 Kings 13:23פָּנָ֖יו · His presence
    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
  24. 2 Kings 14:8פָנִֽים׃ · face to face
    Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
  25. 2 Kings 14:11פָנִ֔ים
    But Amaziah would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
  26. 2 Kings 14:12לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
  27. 2 Kings 16:3מִפְּנֵ֖י · before
    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  28. 2 Kings 16:14לִפְנֵ֣י · stood before; פְּנֵ֣י · from the front
    He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.
  29. 2 Kings 16:18מִפְּנֵ֖י · on account
    And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
  30. 2 Kings 17:2לְפָנָֽיו׃ · him
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
  31. 2 Kings 17:8מִפְּנֵ֖י · before
    …and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
  32. 2 Kings 17:11מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם · before them
    They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
  33. 2 Kings 17:18פָּנָ֑יו · His presence
    So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
  34. 2 Kings 17:20מִפָּנָֽיו׃ · from His presence
    So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
  35. 2 Kings 17:23פָּנָ֔יו · His presence
    Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
  36. 2 Kings 18:5לְפָנָֽיו׃ · either before him
    Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
  37. 2 Kings 18:22לִפְנֵי֙ · before
    But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
  38. 2 Kings 18:24פְּנֵ֨י
    For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  39. 2 Kings 19:6מִפְּנֵ֤י · of
    …who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
  40. 2 Kings 19:14לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
  41. 2 Kings 19:15לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
  42. 2 Kings 19:26לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
  43. 2 Kings 20:2פָּנָ֖יו · his face
    Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
  44. 2 Kings 20:3לְפָנֶ֗יךָ · before You
    “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  45. 2 Kings 21:2מִפְּנֵ֖י · before
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  46. 2 Kings 21:9מִפְּנֵ֖י · before
    But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
  47. 2 Kings 21:11לְפָנָ֑יו · preceded him
    “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
  48. 2 Kings 21:13פָּנֶֽיהָ׃ · upside down
    I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
  49. 2 Kings 22:10לִפְנֵ֥י · in the presence
    Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.