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פָּנָה H6437

H6437 is the Hebrew word פָּנָה, transliterated pânâh and said paw-naw'. The King James Version most often renders it turned.

Word: פָּנָהTransliteration: pânâhSaid: paw-naw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 126 verses

What it means

to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc..

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 99 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

turned 31×looked 15×turn 12×look 9×looking 9×looketh 8×respect 4×prepare 4×regard 3×turneth 2×turned their faces 1×prepared 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).

Verses using פָּנָה

The first 40 of 126 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 18:22 · KJV

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

Genesis 24:31 · KJV

And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

Genesis 24:49 · KJV

And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Genesis 24:63 · KJV

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

Exodus 2:12 · KJV

And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

Exodus 7:23 · KJV

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

Exodus 10:6 · KJV

And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

Exodus 14:27 · KJV

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

Exodus 16:10 · KJV

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

Exodus 32:15 · KJV

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

Leviticus 14:36 · KJV

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

Leviticus 19:4 · KJV

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:31 · KJV

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:6 · KJV

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 26:9 · KJV

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Numbers 12:10 · KJV

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

Numbers 14:25 · KJV

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Numbers 16:15 · KJV

And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

Numbers 16:42 · KJV

And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

Numbers 21:33 · KJV

And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

Deuteronomy 1:7 · KJV

Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

Deuteronomy 1:24 · KJV

And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

Deuteronomy 1:40 · KJV

But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Deuteronomy 2:1 · KJV

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

Deuteronomy 2:3 · KJV

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Deuteronomy 2:8 · KJV

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

Deuteronomy 3:1 · KJV

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

Deuteronomy 9:15 · KJV

So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

Deuteronomy 9:27 · KJV

Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

Deuteronomy 10:5 · KJV

And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.

Deuteronomy 16:7 · KJV

And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

Deuteronomy 23:11 · KJV

But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

Deuteronomy 29:18 · KJV

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Deuteronomy 30:17 · KJV

But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

Deuteronomy 31:18 · KJV

And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:20 · KJV

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Joshua 7:12 · KJV

Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

Joshua 8:20 · KJV

And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

Joshua 15:2 · KJV

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

Joshua 15:7 · KJV

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

Common questions

What does Strong's H6437 mean?

H6437 is the Hebrew word פָּנָה (pânâh), meaning to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc..

How is H6437 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it turned (31 times), looked (15 times), turn (12 times), look (9 times), looking (9 times), among others.

How many times does H6437 appear in the Bible?

פָּנָה (pânâh) is tagged in 126 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6437 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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