Strong's #6439: Pnuw'el (pronounced pen-oo-ale')

or (more properly,) Pniylel {pen-oo-ale'}; from 6437 and 410; face of God; Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites:--Peniel, Penuel.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ּ / ּּ

penû'êl / penı̂y'êl

Penuel or Peniel = "facing God"

1) a Benjamite, son of Shashak, brother of Iphedeiah of the family of Saul (noun proper masculine)

2) son of Hur, father of Gedor, and a descendant of Judah (noun proper masculine)

3) the place named by Jacob when he wrestled with God and located on the north bank of the Jabbok close to the Jordan (noun proper locative)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

 

Genesis 32:30: "called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face"
Genesis 32:31: "And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted"
Judges 8:8: "And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke unto them likewise: and the men"
Judges 8:8: "and spoke unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men"
Judges 8:9: "And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down"
Judges 8:17: "And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city."
1 Kings 12:25: "from thence, and built Penuel."
1 Chronicles 4:4: " And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons"
1 Chronicles 8:25: "And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;"