HebrewH6439Noun

פְּנוּאֵל

pe.nu.el

6Occurrences
H6439Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites

or (more properly,) פְּנִיאֵל; from H6437 (פָּנָה) and H410 (אֵל); face of God;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Penuel or Peniel = "facing God" the place named by Jacob when he wrestled with God and located on the north bank of the Jabbok close to the Jordan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

פְּנוּאֵל appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
3
1 Chronicles
2
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:4BSB

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 8:25BSB

Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

1 Kings 12:25BSB

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.

Judges 8:8BSB

From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

Judges 8:9BSB

So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”

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