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 Kings 12:2: "heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam"
1 Kings 12:6: "that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived,"
1 Kings 12:8: "with him, and which stood before"
1 Kings 12:30: "a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan."
1 Kings 13:6: "Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for"
1 Kings 13:6: "And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand"
1 Kings 13:34: "even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth."
1 Kings 14:9: "above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other"
1 Kings 14:24: "which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel."
1 Kings 15:3: "of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect"
1 Kings 16:25: "and did worse than all that were before"
1 Kings 16:30: "of the LORD above all that were before"
1 Kings 16:33: "the kings of Israel that were before"
1 Kings 17:1: "As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not"
1 Kings 17:3: "and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan."
1 Kings 17:5: "by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan."
1 Kings 17:14: "that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth."
1 Kings 18:1: "Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth."
1 Kings 18:7: "him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord"
1 Kings 18:15: "As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself"
1 Kings 18:39: "saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God;"
1 Kings 18:42: "and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,"
1 Kings 18:46: "and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel."
1 Kings 19:11: "Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by,"
1 Kings 19:11: "the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind:"
1 Kings 19:13: "so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in"
1 Kings 19:19: "who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth:"
1 Kings 21:4: "his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread."
1 Kings 21:26: "the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel."
1 Kings 21:29: "thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself"
1 Kings 21:29: "before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not"
1 Kings 22:10: "and all the prophets prophesied before"
1 Kings 22:21: "And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade"
2 Kings 1:15: "Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down"
2 Kings 3:14: "As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not"
2 Kings 3:14: "were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look"
2 Kings 3:24: "the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting"
2 Kings 4:12: "Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before"
2 Kings 4:29: "again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child."
2 Kings 4:31: "And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face"
2 Kings 4:31: "the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor"
2 Kings 4:38: "and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great"
2 Kings 4:43: "What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give"
2 Kings 4:44: "So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD."
2 Kings 5:1: "was a great man with his master, and honorable, because"
2 Kings 5:1: "man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given"
2 Kings 5:2: "out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife."
2 Kings 5:3: "her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for"
2 Kings 5:15: "his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know"
2 Kings 5:16: "But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged"
