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:
1 Samuel 10:19: "a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands."
1 Samuel 10:25: "of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent"
1 Samuel 11:15: "to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal;"
1 Samuel 11:15: "in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there"
1 Samuel 12:2: "behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold,"
1 Samuel 12:2: "are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this"
1 Samuel 12:7: "therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts"
1 Samuel 13:12: "me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering."
1 Samuel 14:13: "and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer"
1 Samuel 14:25: "to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground."
1 Samuel 15:7: "until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt."
1 Samuel 15:33: "among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD"
1 Samuel 16:8: "called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither"
1 Samuel 16:10: "made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto"
1 Samuel 16:16: "now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player"
1 Samuel 16:21: "to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer."
1 Samuel 16:22: "Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my sight."
1 Samuel 17:7: "and one bearing a shield went before"
1 Samuel 17:24: "the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid."
1 Samuel 17:31: "David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent"
1 Samuel 17:41: "and the man that bore the shield went before"
1 Samuel 17:49: "sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth."
1 Samuel 17:57: "the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine"
1 Samuel 18:11: "even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice."
1 Samuel 18:12: "And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was"
1 Samuel 18:13: "him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people."
1 Samuel 18:15: "he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of"
1 Samuel 18:16: "he went out and came in before"
1 Samuel 18:29: "was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became"
1 Samuel 19:7: "to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past."
1 Samuel 19:8: "them with a great slaughter; and they fled from"
1 Samuel 19:10: "even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote"
1 Samuel 19:24: "his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked"
1 Samuel 20:1: "from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done?"
1 Samuel 20:1: "what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh"
1 Samuel 20:15: "hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face"
1 Samuel 21:6: "bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before"
1 Samuel 21:6: "but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD,"
1 Samuel 21:7: "was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg,"
1 Samuel 21:10: "and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to"
1 Samuel 21:12: "in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath."
1 Samuel 22:4: "And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all"
1 Samuel 23:18: "And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood,"
1 Samuel 23:24: "And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness"
1 Samuel 23:26: "and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste"
1 Samuel 24:2: "to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats."
1 Samuel 25:10: "now a days that break away every man from his master."
1 Samuel 25:19: "And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told"
1 Samuel 25:23: "and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,"
1 Samuel 25:35: "see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person."
