פְּנוּאֵל
pe.nu.el
“Peniel”
Definition
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;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
N:N--L
N:N--L
Occurrences
פְּנוּאֵל appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
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.
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
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