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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 22:19מִפְּנֵ֣י · before; לְפָנָ֑י · before Me
    …because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
  2. 2 Kings 23:3לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
  3. 2 Kings 23:13פְּנֵ֣י · of
    The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  4. 2 Kings 23:25לְפָנָ֜יו · before
    Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
  5. 2 Kings 23:27פָּנַ֔י · My sight
    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  6. 2 Kings 24:3פָּנָ֑יו · His presence
    Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
  7. 2 Kings 24:20פָּנָ֑יו · His presence
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  8. 2 Kings 25:19פְנֵֽי־
    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
  9. 2 Kings 25:26מִפְּנֵ֥י · of
    Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
  10. 2 Kings 25:29לְפָנָ֖יו · at the king’s table
    So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
  11. 1 Chronicles 1:43לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
  12. 1 Chronicles 4:40לְפָנִֽים׃ · formerly
    There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
  13. 1 Chronicles 5:10פְּנֵ֖י · the region
    During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
  14. 1 Chronicles 5:25מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ · before them
    But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
  15. 1 Chronicles 6:32לִפְנֵ֨י · before
    They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
  16. 1 Chronicles 9:20לְפָנִ֖ים · In earlier times
    In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
  17. 1 Chronicles 10:1מִפְּנֵ֣י · before
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  18. 1 Chronicles 11:3לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
  19. 1 Chronicles 11:13מִפְּנֵ֥י · from
    He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
  20. 1 Chronicles 12:1מִפְּנֵ֖י · from the presence
    Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
  21. 1 Chronicles 12:8וּפְנֵ֤י · the faces; פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם · whose faces [were like]
    Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
  22. 1 Chronicles 12:17לִפְנֵיהֶם֒ · to meet them
    And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
  23. 1 Chronicles 13:8לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
  24. 1 Chronicles 13:10לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
  25. 1 Chronicles 14:8לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ · to face them
    When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went out to face them.
  26. 1 Chronicles 14:15לְפָנֶ֔יךָ · before you
    As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
  27. 1 Chronicles 15:24לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
  28. 1 Chronicles 16:1לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
  29. 1 Chronicles 16:4לִפְנֵ֨י · before
    David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
  30. 1 Chronicles 16:6לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    …and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
  31. 1 Chronicles 16:11פָנָ֖יו · His face
    Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
  32. 1 Chronicles 16:27לְפָנָ֔יו · are before Him
    Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.
  33. 1 Chronicles 16:29לְפָנָ֔יו · before Him
    Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;
  34. 1 Chronicles 16:30מִלְּפָנָיו֙ · before Him
    …tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
  35. 1 Chronicles 16:33מִלִּפְנֵ֣י · before
    Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.
  36. 1 Chronicles 16:37לִפְנֵי֙ · before; לִפְנֵ֧י · [there]
    So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,
  37. 1 Chronicles 16:39לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
  38. 1 Chronicles 17:8מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ · 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.
  39. 1 Chronicles 17:13לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃
    I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
  40. 1 Chronicles 17:16לִפְנֵ֣י · 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?
  41. 1 Chronicles 17:21מִפְּנֵ֧י · 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? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
  42. 1 Chronicles 17:24לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ · before You
    …so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
  43. 1 Chronicles 17:25לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ · before You
    For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
  44. 1 Chronicles 17:27לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before You
    So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
  45. 1 Chronicles 19:7לִפְנֵ֣י · near
    So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.
  46. 1 Chronicles 19:10פְנֵי־; פָּנִ֣ים · 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.