פָּנָה panah

Hebrew word for “to turn” · Strong’s H6437 · used 135 times in 128 verses

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Meaning

1) to turn; 1a) (Qal);

Senses in the lexicon

• to turn (134)
• Corner (Gate) (1)

How it is translated

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

• turned 41
• turn 20
• turning 16
• will turn 13
• which faces 7
• has turned 5
• have turned 4
• make clear 3
• will turn back 2
• turned away 1
• have made clear 1
• may turn 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 20 (4), Genesis 24 (3), Deuteronomy 1 (3), Deuteronomy 2 (3), Ezekiel 46 (3), Leviticus 19 (2), Numbers 16 (2), Deuteronomy 9 (2), Deuteronomy 31 (2), Joshua 15 (2)

Forms

• ויפן 16
• פנו 14
• פנה 14
• ויפנו 13
• פנים 9
• יפנה 8
• לפנות 6
• הפנה 5
• ופניתי 4
• ופנית 4

Words used with it

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

• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 22
• נוּס nus “to flee” 11
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 12
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 15
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 17
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 11
• אַחַר achar “after” 12
• רָאָה raah “to see” 14
• קָדִים qadim “east” 7
• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 8
• יָם yam “sea” 9
• הַר har “mountain” 8

Key verses

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

• 1 Kings 2:3 — And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is…
• 2 Kings 13:23 — And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would…
• Psalms 46:5 — God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
• Isaiah 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
• Isaiah 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isaiah 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Isaiah 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain,…
• Jeremiah 2:27 — Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time…
• Ezekiel 8:3 — And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the…
• Hosea 3:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who…
• Zephaniah 3:15 — The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…

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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.