פֶּן־ pen

Hebrew word for “lest” · Strong’s H6435 · used 133 times in 125 verses

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Meaning

conj; 1) lest, not, beware lest; adv; 2) lest

How it is translated

Glosses given for pen in context, with how often each is used:

• lest 133

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 4 (4), Proverbs 25 (4), Genesis 19 (3), Exodus 19 (3), Deuteronomy 12 (3), Deuteronomy 20 (3), Proverbs 5 (3), Proverbs 30 (3), Genesis 3 (2), Genesis 26 (2)

Forms

• פן 128
• ופן 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַל al “not” 20
• ךָּ ka “you” 17
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 13
• מוּת mut “to die” 12
• עִם im “with” 13
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 13
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 12
• שָׁכַח shakhach “to forget” 7
• לֵבָב levav “heart” 8
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 9
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 11
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 12

Key verses

The verses using pen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 34:15 — Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and…
• Deuteronomy 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the…
• Deuteronomy 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to…
• Deuteronomy 7:25 — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared…
• Psalms 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Psalms 50:22 — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
• Proverbs 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Isaiah 6:10 — Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with…
• Jeremiah 1:17 — Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
• Jeremiah 4:4 — Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire,…
• Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
• Hosea 2:3 — Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.