פָּנֶה paneh

Hebrew word for “face” · Strong’s H6440 · used 2,127 times in 1,891 verses

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Meaning

: before/to/front; 1) face;

Senses in the lexicon

• face: before (1,388)
• face (411)
• face: surface (100)
• face of (96)
• face: because (85)
• face: kindness (34)
• face: east (11)
• face: angry (2)

How it is translated

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

• before 1,292
• face 480
• faces 90
• because 88
• surface 83
• presence 42
• of 18
• them 10
• him 5
• front 4
• away from before 3
• will be before 3

Where it is used

Also in 26 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 8 (18), Numbers 16 (12), Leviticus 14 (11), 2 Chronicles 20 (11), Ezekiel 40 (11), Exodus 23 (10), Exodus 34 (10), Leviticus 16 (10), Deuteronomy 7 (10), 1 Chronicles 16 (10)

Forms

• לפני 668
• פני 351
• מפני 190
• לפניו 115
• לפניך 107
• פניו 94
• פניך 73
• פנים 60
• לפניהם 56
• מלפני 50

Words used with it

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

• עָמַד amad “to stand” 138
• רָאָה raah “to see” 151
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 152
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 90
• אֵת et “with” 106
• עַד ad “till” 115
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 93
• זֶה zeh “this” 107
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 104
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 103
• שָׁם sham “there” 94
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 85

Key verses

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

• Genesis 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
• Leviticus 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be…
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be…
• Psalms 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Psalms 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
• Isaiah 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him…
• Isaiah 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried…
• Ezekiel 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth…
• Hosea 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• 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…
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…

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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.