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:
2 Kings 5:23: "two of his servants; and they bore them before"
2 Kings 5:27: "unto thee, and unto thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow."
2 Kings 6:1: "where we dwell with thee is too strait for"
2 Kings 6:22: "set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to"
2 Kings 6:32: "with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came"
2 Kings 8:9: "burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king"
2 Kings 8:11: "And he settled his countenance steadfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God"
2 Kings 8:15: "and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned"
2 Kings 9:14: "he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria."
2 Kings 9:32: "And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who?"
2 Kings 9:37: "shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that"
2 Kings 10:4: "two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?"
2 Kings 11:2: "which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah,"
2 Kings 11:18: "Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers"
2 Kings 12:17: "and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem."
2 Kings 13:4: "And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto"
2 Kings 13:14: "unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot"
2 Kings 13:23: "them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet."
2 Kings 14:8: "saying, Come, let us look one another in the face."
2 Kings 14:11: "king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah."
2 Kings 14:12: "And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents."
2 Kings 16:3: "whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel."
2 Kings 16:14: "also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront"
2 Kings 16:14: "was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between"
2 Kings 16:18: "turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria."
2 Kings 17:2: "of Israel that were before"
2 Kings 17:8: "whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings"
2 Kings 17:11: "whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things"
2 Kings 17:18: "was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left"
2 Kings 17:20: "of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight."
2 Kings 17:23: "removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said"
2 Kings 18:5: "of Judah, nor any that were before"
2 Kings 18:22: "to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?"
2 Kings 18:24: "How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's"
2 Kings 19:6: "saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which"
2 Kings 19:14: "went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD."
2 Kings 19:15: "And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel,"
2 Kings 19:26: "as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up."
2 Kings 20:2: "Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,"
2 Kings 20:3: "how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done"
2 Kings 21:2: "whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel."
2 Kings 21:9: "whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel."
2 Kings 21:11: "above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah"
2 Kings 21:13: "a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down."
2 Kings 22:10: "me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king."
2 Kings 22:19: "thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what"
2 Kings 22:19: "and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard"
2 Kings 23:3: "and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD,"
2 Kings 23:13: "And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand"
2 Kings 23:25: "was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD"
