פָּנָהpânâh
turn
Pronunciation: paw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6437
Meanings
Qal
1.
a. turn toward (Judges 6:14; Isaiah 13:14; Jeremiah 50:16)
b. turn from (Genesis 18:22; Deuteronomy 29:17; Deuteronomy 30:17)
c. turn and do a thing, literal (especially + verb of motion) (Numbers 21:33; Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 1:24)
d. turn, decline (Jeremiah 6:4; Psalms 90:9)
e. turn toward, approach (Genesis 24:63; Deuteronomy 23:12; Exodus 14:27)
2.
a. turn and look, look (Numbers 12:10; 2 Chronicles 20:24; 2 Chronicles 26:20)
b. face, of inanimate things (Joshua 15:7; 1 Kings 7:25; 2 Chronicles 4:4)
c. especially figurative look at (2 Samuel 9:8; Ezekiel 36:9; Leviticus 26:9)
d. look for (אֶל of thing) = expect (Haggai 1:9)
e. figurative look at (ב of thing) = consider (Ecclesiastes 2:11; 2 Chronicles 25:23)
Pi`el: turn away, put out of the way (Zephaniah 3:15; Isaiah 40:3; Genesis 24:31)
Hiph`il
1. turn (Judges 15:4; Jeremiah 48:39; Joshua 7:8)
2. make a turn, shew, turning (Jeremiah 46:21; Jeremiah 49:24; Jeremiah 46:5)
Hoph`al: be ye turned back!, which is faced northward (Jeremiah 49:8; Ezekiel 9:2)
Same root
- יְפֻנֶּהYᵉphunneh · H3312Jephunneh, the name of two Israelites
- פֵּןpên · H6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
- פְּנוּאֵלPᵉnûwʼêl · H6439Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites
- פָּנִיםpânîym · H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- צְלֶלְפּוֹנִיTsᵉlelpôwnîy · H6753Tselelponi, an Israelitess
Where it appears
Appears 135 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:22 The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the Lord remained with Abraham.
- Genesis 24:31 Laban said to him, “Come and stay with us, you who are blessed by the Lord! Why are you standing here outside the town when I have a room all ready for you and a place prepared for the camels?”
- Genesis 24:49 So tell me—will you or won’t you show unfailing love and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no, and then I’ll know what to do next.”
- Genesis 24:63 One evening as he was walking and meditating in the fields, he looked up and saw the camels coming.
- Exodus 2:12 After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand.
- Exodus 7:23 Pharaoh returned to his palace and put the whole thing out of his mind.
See every passage
- Genesis 18:22, 24:31, 24:49, 24:63
- Exodus 2:12, 7:23, 10:6, 14:27, 16:10, 32:15
- Leviticus 14:36, 19:4, 19:31, 20:6, 26:9
- Numbers 12:10, 14:25, 16:15, 16:42, 21:33
- Deuteronomy 1:7, 1:24, 1:40, 2:1, 2:3, 2:8, 3:1, 9:15, 9:27, 10:5, 16:7, 23:11, 29:18, 30:17, 31:18, 31:20
- Joshua 7:12, 8:20, 15:2, 15:7, 22:4
- Judges 6:14, 15:4, 18:21, 18:26, 19:26, 20:40, 20:42, 20:45, 20:47
- 1 Samuel 10:9, 13:17, 13:18, 14:47
- 2 Samuel 1:7, 2:20, 9:8
- 1 Kings 2:3, 7:25, 8:28, 10:13, 17:3
- 2 Kings 2:24, 5:12, 13:23, 23:16
- 2 Chronicles 4:4, 6:19, 13:14, 20:24, 25:23, 26:20
- Job 5:1, 6:28, 21:5, 24:18, 36:21
- Psalms 25:16, 40:4, 46:5, 69:16, 80:9, 86:16, 90:9, 102:17, 119:132
- Proverbs 17:8
- Ecclesiastes 2:11, 2:12
- Song of Solomon 6:1
- Isaiah 8:21, 13:14, 40:3, 45:22, 53:6, 56:11, 57:14, 62:10
- Jeremiah 2:27, 6:4, 32:33, 46:5, 46:21, 47:3, 48:39, 49:8, 49:24, 50:16
- Ezekiel 8:3, 9:2, 10:11, 11:1, 17:6, 29:16, 36:9, 43:1, 43:17, 44:1, 46:1, 46:12, 46:19, 47:2
- Hosea 3:1
- Nahum 2:8
- Zephaniah 3:15
- Haggai 1:9
- Malachi 2:13, 3:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).