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Face

פָּנֶהStrong’s H6440

paneh (pa-neh)

Appears in 1,891 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Paneh is the Hebrew word usually translated “before”, “face of” and “before you”. It appears in 1,891 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.”
Daniel 1:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. Faceface, faces · presence, person · face (of seraphim or cherubim) · face (of animals) · face, surface (of ground) · as adv of loc/temp · with prep
How it's translated
  • before 613
  • face of 164
  • before you 136
  • before him 101
  • from before 90
  • surface of 80
  • face his 75
  • because of 73

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 129
  • Genesis 126
  • Psalms 126
  • Deuteronomy 114
  • Exodus 112
  • Jeremiah 111

38 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
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7:48:12
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1:122:14
Hebrew dictionary

פָּנֶה paneh · face

: before/to/front 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “face” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FACE, noun

[Latin, to make.]

  1. In a general sense, the surface of a thing, or the side which presents itself to the view of a spectator; as the face of the earth; the face of the waters.
  2. A part of the surface of a thing; or the plane surface of a solid.
  3. The surface of the fore part of an animals head, particularly of the human head; the visage.“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread” Genesis 3:19“Joseph bowed himself with his face to the earth” Genesis 48:12
  4. Countenance; cast of features; look; air of the face
All definitions and other forms of “face”
  1. The front of a thing; the forepart; the flat surface that presents itself first to view; as the face of a house. Ezekiel 41:14
  2. Visible state; appearance.
  3. Appearance; look.
  4. State of confrontation.
  5. Confidence; boldness; impudence; a bold front.
  6. Presence; sight; as in the phrases, before the face in the face to the face from the face
  7. The person.“I had not thought to see thy face” Genesis 48:11
  8. In scripture, face is used for anger or favor.“Make thy face to shine on thy servant” Psalms 31:16“How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?” Psalms 13:1
  9. A distorted form of the face; as in the phrase, to make faces, or to make wry faces.
  10. When both parties are present; as, to have accusers face to face Acts 25:16
  11. Nakedly; without the interposition of any other body.“Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face” 1 Corinthians 13:12

FACE, verb transitive

  1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.
  2. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front towards.
  3. To cover with additional superficies; to cover in front; as a fortification faced with marble; to face a garment with silk.

FACE, verb intransitive

  1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.
  2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.