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.
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
Occurrences
2,128 total
- Isaiah 7:16מִפְּנֵ֖יFor before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
- Isaiah 8:4לִפְנֵ֖י · byFor before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
- Isaiah 8:17פָּנָ֖יו · His faceI will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
- Isaiah 9:3לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ · before YouYou have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
- Isaiah 9:15פָנִ֖יםThe head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- Isaiah 10:27מִפְּנֵי־ · becauseOn that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
- Isaiah 13:8פְּנֵ֥י · their faces; פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
- Isaiah 14:21פְנֵֽי־ · or coverPrepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
- Isaiah 16:4מִפְּנֵ֣י · fromLet my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
- Isaiah 17:9מִפְּנֵ֖יIn that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
- Isaiah 17:13לִפְנֵי־ · before; לִפְנֵ֥י · beforeThe nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
- Isaiah 18:2פְּנֵי־…which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
- Isaiah 18:5לִפְנֵ֤י · beforeFor before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.
- Isaiah 19:1מִפָּנָ֔יו · before HimThis is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
- Isaiah 19:8פְּנֵי־Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
- Isaiah 19:16מִפְּנֵי֙ · beneathIn that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
- Isaiah 19:17מִפְּנֵ֗י · overThe land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.
- Isaiah 19:20מִפְּנֵ֣י · because ofIt will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.
- Isaiah 20:6מִפְּנֵ֖י · fromAnd on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
- Isaiah 21:15מִפְּנֵ֥י · from; מִפְּנֵ֣י׀; וּמִפְּנֵי֙ · from; וּמִפְּנֵ֖י · and fromFor they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
- Isaiah 23:17פְּנֵ֥י · the faceAnd at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
- Isaiah 23:18לִפְנֵ֤י · beforeYet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
- Isaiah 24:1פָנֶ֔יהָ · its surfaceBehold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- Isaiah 25:7פְּנֵֽי־On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- Isaiah 25:8פָּנִ֑ים · faceHe will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 26:17מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ · in Your presenceAs a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
- Isaiah 27:6פְנֵי־ · the whole worldIn the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Isaiah 28:25פָנֶ֔יהָ · its surfaceWhen he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
- Isaiah 29:22פָּנָ֥יו · will his faceTherefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
- Isaiah 30:11מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ · ofGet out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
- Isaiah 30:17מִפְּנֵי֙ · at; מִפְּנֵ֛י · atA thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
- Isaiah 31:8מִפְּנֵי־ · before“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
- Isaiah 36:7לִפְנֵ֛י · beforeBut 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’?
- Isaiah 36:9פְּנֵ֨יFor how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
- Isaiah 37:6מִפְּנֵ֤י · 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.
- Isaiah 37:14לִפְנֵ֥י · beforeSo 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.
- Isaiah 37:27לִפְנֵ֥י · beforeTherefore 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.
- Isaiah 38:2פָּנָ֖יו · his faceThen Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
- Isaiah 38:3לְפָנֶ֗יךָ · before You…saying, “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.
- Isaiah 40:10לְפָנָֽיו׃ · accompanies HimBehold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
- Isaiah 41:2לְפָנָ֤יו · to himWho has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
- Isaiah 41:26וּמִלְּפָנִ֖ים · and from times pastWho has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
- Isaiah 42:16לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם · before themI will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 43:10לְפָנַי֙ · Before Me“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.