פָּנֶה

pa.neh

Hebrew H6440 Noun, masculine 2,128 occurrences in 1,892 verses
פָּנֶה face: before

1. face

a. face, faces

b. presence, person

c. face (of seraphim or cherubim)

d. face (of animals)

e. face, surface (of ground)

f. as adv of loc/temp

1. before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before

g. with prep

1. 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

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 1,892 verses

  1. Nehemiah 2:1 לְפָנָ֑יולְפָנָֽיו׃

    Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

  2. Nehemiah 2:2 פָּנֶ֣יךָ

    so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

  3. Nehemiah 2:3 פָנַ֗י

    and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

  4. Nehemiah 2:5 לְפָנֶ֑יךָ

    and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”

  5. Nehemiah 2:6 לִפְנֵֽי־

    Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.

  6. Nehemiah 2:13 פְּנֵי֙

    So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.

  7. Nehemiah 4:2 לִפְנֵ֣י

    before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

  8. Nehemiah 4:5 מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ

    Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

  9. Nehemiah 4:9 מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃

    So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

  10. Nehemiah 4:14 מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם

    After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”

  11. Nehemiah 5:15 לְפָנַ֜ימִפְּנֵ֖י

    The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.

  12. Nehemiah 6:19 לְפָנַ֔י

    Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

  13. Nehemiah 8:1 לִפְנֵ֣י

    At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

  14. Nehemiah 8:2 לִפְנֵ֤י

    On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.

  15. Nehemiah 8:3 לִפְנֵ֨ילִפְנֵ֣י

    So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

  16. Nehemiah 9:8 לְפָנֶיךָ֒

    You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

  17. Nehemiah 9:11 לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם

    You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

  18. Nehemiah 9:24 לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם

    So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.

  19. Nehemiah 9:28 לְפָנֶ֑יךָ

    But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

  20. Nehemiah 9:32 לְפָנֶ֡יךָ

    So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

  21. Nehemiah 9:35 לִפְנֵיהֶ֖ם

    For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

  22. Nehemiah 12:36 לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

    and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.

  23. Nehemiah 13:4 וְלִפְנֵ֣י

    Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God

  24. Nehemiah 13:5 לְפָנִ֟ים

    and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

  25. Nehemiah 13:19 לִפְנֵ֣י

    When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

  26. Esther 1:3 לְפָנָֽיו׃

    In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

  27. Esther 1:10 פְּנֵ֖י

    On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—

  28. Esther 1:11 לִפְנֵ֥י

    to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.

  29. Esther 1:13 לִפְנֵ֕י

    Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.

  30. Esther 1:14 פְּנֵ֣י

    His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.

  31. Esther 1:16 לִפְנֵ֤י

    And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.

  32. Esther 1:17 לְפָנָ֖יו

    For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’

  33. Esther 1:19 מִלְּפָנָ֔יולִפְנֵי֙

    So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.

  34. Esther 2:9 לְפָנָיו֒

    And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.

  35. Esther 2:11 לִפְנֵ֖י

    And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

  36. Esther 2:17 לְפָנָ֖יו

    And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

  37. Esther 2:23 לִפְנֵ֥י

    After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

  38. Esther 3:7 לִפְנֵ֣י

    In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

  39. Esther 4:2 לִפְנֵ֣י

    But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.

  40. Esther 4:5 לְפָנֶ֔יהָ

    Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.

  41. Esther 4:6 לִפְנֵ֥י

    So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,

  42. Esther 4:8 מִלְּפָנָ֖יו

    Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

  43. Esther 5:14 לִפְנֵ֥י

    His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

  44. Esther 6:1 לִפְנֵ֥י

    That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

  45. Esther 6:9 לְפָנָ֔יו

    Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

  46. Esther 6:11 לְפָנָ֔יו

    So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

  47. Esther 6:13 לְפָנָיו֙לְפָנָֽיו׃

    Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

  48. Esther 7:6 מִלִּפְנֵ֥י

    Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

  49. Esther 7:8 וּפְנֵ֥י

    Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

  50. Esther 7:9 לִפְנֵ֣י

    Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

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