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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. Jeremiah 50:44לְפָנָֽי׃ · against Me
    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
  2. Jeremiah 51:51פָּנֵ֑ינוּ · our faces
    “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
  3. Jeremiah 51:64מִפְּנֵ֣י · because of
    Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
  4. Jeremiah 52:3פָּנָ֑יו · 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.
  5. Jeremiah 52:12לִפְנֵ֥י
    On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
  6. Jeremiah 52:25פְנֵי־
    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. 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.
  7. Jeremiah 52:33לְפָנָ֛יו · 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.
  8. Lamentations 1:5לִפְנֵי־ · before
    Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
  9. Lamentations 1:6לִפְנֵ֥י · in the face of
    All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.
  10. Lamentations 1:22לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ · before You
    Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
  11. Lamentations 2:3מִפְּנֵ֣י · at the approach
    In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
  12. Lamentations 2:19פְּנֵ֣י · the presence
    Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
  13. Lamentations 3:35פְּנֵ֥י
    …to deny a man justice before the Most High,
  14. Lamentations 4:16פְּנֵ֤י · The presence; פְּנֵ֤י
    The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
  15. Lamentations 5:9מִפְּנֵ֖י · because of
    We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
  16. Lamentations 5:10מִפְּנֵ֖י · with
    Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
  17. Lamentations 5:12פְּנֵ֥י · respect
    Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
  18. Ezekiel 1:6פָנִ֖ים · faces
    …but each had four faces and four wings.
  19. Ezekiel 1:8וּפְנֵיהֶ֥ם · had faces
    Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,
  20. Ezekiel 1:9פָּנָ֖יו · ahead
    …and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
  21. Ezekiel 1:10פְּנֵיהֶם֮ · of their faces; פְּנֵ֣י · was that; וּפְנֵ֨י · had the face; וּפְנֵי־ · the face; וּפְנֵי־ · the face
    The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.
  22. Ezekiel 1:11וּפְנֵיהֶ֕ם · Such were their faces
    Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
  23. Ezekiel 1:12פָּנָ֖יו
    Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
  24. Ezekiel 1:15פָּנָֽיו׃ · faces
    When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
  25. Ezekiel 1:28פָּנַ֔י
    The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
  26. Ezekiel 2:4פָנִים֙
    They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
  27. Ezekiel 2:6וּמִפְּנֵיהֶ֣ם · by their presence
    But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
  28. Ezekiel 2:10לְפָנַ֔י · before me; פָּנִ֣ים · on the front
    …which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
  29. Ezekiel 3:8פָּנֶ֛יךָ · your face; פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם · their faces
    Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
  30. Ezekiel 3:9מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם · at their presence
    I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”
  31. Ezekiel 3:20לְפָנָ֖יו · before him
    Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  32. Ezekiel 3:23פָּנָֽי׃
    So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
  33. Ezekiel 4:1לְפָנֶ֑יךָ · before you
    “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
  34. Ezekiel 4:3פָּנֶ֨יךָ · your face
    Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
  35. Ezekiel 4:7פָּנֶ֔יךָ · your face
    You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
  36. Ezekiel 6:2פָּנֶ֖יךָ · your face
    “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
  37. Ezekiel 6:4לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
  38. Ezekiel 6:5לִפְנֵ֖י · before
    I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
  39. Ezekiel 6:9בִּפְנֵיהֶ֔ם · themselves
    Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
  40. Ezekiel 7:18פָּנִים֙ · their faces
    They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
  41. Ezekiel 7:22פָנַי֙ · My face
    I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.
  42. Ezekiel 8:1לְפָנָ֑י · before me
    In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
  43. Ezekiel 8:11לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם · Before them
    Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.