פָּנֶה
panim
face
Strong's H6440NounHebrewTWOT 1782aBody

פָּנֶה (panim) is a Hebrew noun meaning face. It appears 2127 times in 38 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6440).

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Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1782a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1782a)face; presence, person, see, surface, before; accept, a- fore, a- foretime, against, anger, at, battle, because, beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, favour, fear of, for, forefront, form, forward, from, front…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פָּנֶה noun, masculine: face, faces

Strong's H6440 פָּנִים: the 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.)
KJV:accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through (-out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside (down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1782: פָּנָה pānâ — turn; decline, turn toward, approach, turn and look, look, face, regard; make a turn, shew, turning; appear; at tide, behold, cast out, come on, dawning, empty, go away, lie, mark, pass away, prepare, respect

See it in Scripture

Genesis 1:2Exodus 1:12Leviticus 1:3

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