פָּנֶה

pa.nehNoun (Masculine)H6440

face: before

From: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from H6437 (פָּנָה));

Short Definition

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.)

Full Lexicon Entry

before/to/front 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

1,740 times

Appears 1,740 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Ezk
125
Genesis
120
Deuteronomy
111
Exodus
110
Jeremiah
108

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 1:43
  • 2 Kings 19:15
  • Exodus 28:29
  • Isaiah 2:21
  • Joshua 7:10

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