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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 Chronicles 6:24לִפְנֵ֥י · before; לְפָנֶ֖יךָ · before You
    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:31פְּנֵ֣י
    …so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:36לִפְנֵ֣י · to
    When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:42פְּנֵ֣י
    O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 7:4לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
  6. 2 Chronicles 7:7לִפְנֵ֣י · in front
    Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.
  7. 2 Chronicles 7:14פָנַ֔י · My face
    …and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
  8. 2 Chronicles 7:17לְפָנַ֗י · before Me
    And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
  9. 2 Chronicles 7:19לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם · before you
    But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
  10. 2 Chronicles 7:20פָּנָ֑י · My presence
    …then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
  11. 2 Chronicles 8:12לִפְנֵ֥י · in front
    At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
  12. 2 Chronicles 9:7לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ · before you
    How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
  13. 2 Chronicles 9:11לְפָנִ֖ים · before
    The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
  14. 2 Chronicles 9:23פְּנֵ֣י · an audience
    All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
  15. 2 Chronicles 10:2מִפְּנֵ֖י
    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
  16. 2 Chronicles 10:6לִפְנֵי֙
    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.
  17. 2 Chronicles 10:8לְפָנָֽיו׃ · him
    But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
  18. 2 Chronicles 12:5מִפְּנֵ֣י · because of
    Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
  19. 2 Chronicles 13:7לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ · them
    Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
  20. 2 Chronicles 13:8לִפְנֵי֙
    And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
  21. 2 Chronicles 13:13לִפְנֵ֣י · in front
    Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.
  22. 2 Chronicles 13:14פָּנִ֣ים · [was both] before
    When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
  23. 2 Chronicles 13:15לִפְנֵ֥י · before
    …and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
  24. 2 Chronicles 13:16מִפְּנֵ֣י · before
    So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
  25. 2 Chronicles 14:5לְפָנָֽיו׃ · and under him
    He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
  26. 2 Chronicles 14:7לְפָנֵ֗ינוּ · ours
    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
  27. 2 Chronicles 14:10לְפָנָ֑יו · against him
    So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
  28. 2 Chronicles 14:12לִפְנֵ֥י · before; וְלִפְנֵ֣י · and
    So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
  29. 2 Chronicles 14:13לִפְנֵֽי־ · before; וְלִפְנֵ֣י
    Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
  30. 2 Chronicles 15:2לִפְנֵ֣י · to meet
    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
  31. 2 Chronicles 15:8לִפְנֵ֖י · was in front
    When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
  32. 2 Chronicles 18:9לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ · 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.
  33. 2 Chronicles 18:20לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.
  34. 2 Chronicles 19:2פָּנָ֗יו · confront him; מִלִּפְנֵ֖י
    Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
  35. 2 Chronicles 19:7פָנִ֖ים
    And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
  36. 2 Chronicles 19:11לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם · before you
    Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”
  37. 2 Chronicles 20:3פָּנָ֖יו · his face
    Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
  38. 2 Chronicles 20:5לִפְנֵ֖י · in front of
    Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD in front of the new courtyard
  39. 2 Chronicles 20:7מִלִּפְנֵ֖י · before
    Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
  40. 2 Chronicles 20:9לִפְנֵ֨י · before; וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ · and before You
    ‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’
  41. 2 Chronicles 20:12לִ֠פְנֵי · before
    Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
  42. 2 Chronicles 20:13לִפְנֵ֣י · before
    Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.
  43. 2 Chronicles 20:15מִפְּנֵ֨י · because of
    And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
  44. 2 Chronicles 20:16פְּנֵ֖י · facing
    Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.
  45. 2 Chronicles 20:17לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם · and face them
    You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”