Strong's #6440: paniym (pronounced paw-neem')
plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437); 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.):--+ accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X 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, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ּ / ּ
pânı̂ym / pâneh
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 adverb of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with preposition
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
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from H6437
Usage:
This word is used 2119 times:
Judges 18:21: "the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before"
Judges 18:23: "the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that"
Judges 20:23: "of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel"
Judges 20:26: "and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day"
Judges 20:26: "and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD."
Judges 20:28: "the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet"
Judges 20:32: "said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said,"
Judges 20:35: "smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed"
Judges 20:39: "Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle."
Judges 20:42: "Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle"
Judges 21:2: "there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept"
Ruth 2:10: "Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why"
Ruth 4:7: "Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm"
1 Samuel 1:12: "as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked"
1 Samuel 1:15: "but have poured out my soul before the LORD."
1 Samuel 1:16: "not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance"
1 Samuel 1:18: "went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more"
1 Samuel 1:19: "And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to"
1 Samuel 1:22: "be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide"
1 Samuel 2:11: "unto the LORD before Eli the priest."
1 Samuel 2:17: "very great before the LORD: for men abhorred"
1 Samuel 2:18: "But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen"
1 Samuel 2:28: "to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father"
1 Samuel 2:30: "and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD"
1 Samuel 2:35: "him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed forever."
1 Samuel 3:1: "ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was"
1 Samuel 4:2: "battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field"
1 Samuel 4:3: "hath the LORD smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark"
1 Samuel 4:17: "and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great"
1 Samuel 5:3: "on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark"
1 Samuel 5:3: "Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took"
1 Samuel 5:4: "morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark"
1 Samuel 5:4: "Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head"
1 Samuel 6:20: "Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God?"
1 Samuel 7:6: "and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day,"
1 Samuel 7:7: "of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 7:10: "the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel."
1 Samuel 8:11: "them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots."
1 Samuel 8:18: "And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen"
1 Samuel 8:20: "and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles."
1 Samuel 9:9: " (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spoke,"
1 Samuel 9:9: "for he that is now called a Prophet was formerly called a Seer.)"
1 Samuel 9:12: "them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came"
1 Samuel 9:15: "his ear a day before Saul came, saying,"
1 Samuel 9:19: "I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me today,"
1 Samuel 9:24: "the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left!"
1 Samuel 9:24: "Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept"
1 Samuel 9:27: "Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while,"
1 Samuel 10:5: "from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they"
1 Samuel 10:8: "And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer"
