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 Chronicles 7:4: "the people offered sacrifices before the LORD."
2 Chronicles 7:7: "the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there"
2 Chronicles 7:14: "by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;"
2 Chronicles 7:17: "And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked,"
2 Chronicles 7:19: "and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods,"
2 Chronicles 7:20: "I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb"
2 Chronicles 8:12: "of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,"
2 Chronicles 9:7: "thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom."
2 Chronicles 9:11: "and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah."
2 Chronicles 9:23: "of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom,"
2 Chronicles 10:2: "was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard"
2 Chronicles 10:6: "that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived,"
2 Chronicles 10:8: "were brought up with him, that stood before"
2 Chronicles 12:5: "were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus"
2 Chronicles 13:7: "young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand"
2 Chronicles 13:13: "to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind"
2 Chronicles 13:14: "looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests"
2 Chronicles 13:15: "Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah."
2 Chronicles 13:16: "And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered"
2 Chronicles 14:5: "the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before"
2 Chronicles 14:7: "and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD"
2 Chronicles 14:10: "Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah."
2 Chronicles 14:12: "smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians"
2 Chronicles 14:12: "the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled."
2 Chronicles 14:13: "that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host;"
2 Chronicles 14:13: "themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very"
2 Chronicles 15:2: "And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah"
2 Chronicles 15:8: "and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 18:9: "and all the prophets prophesied before"
2 Chronicles 18:20: "Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice"
2 Chronicles 19:2: "of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king"
2 Chronicles 19:2: "the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD."
2 Chronicles 19:7: "the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts."
2 Chronicles 19:11: "matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be"
2 Chronicles 20:3: "feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast"
2 Chronicles 20:5: "and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,"
2 Chronicles 20:7: "the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest"
2 Chronicles 20:9: "or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for"
2 Chronicles 20:9: "before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,)"
2 Chronicles 20:12: "them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh"
2 Chronicles 20:13: "And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives,"
2 Chronicles 20:15: "unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this"
2 Chronicles 20:16: "and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel."
2 Chronicles 20:17: "be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with"
2 Chronicles 20:18: "and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshiping the LORD."
2 Chronicles 20:21: "the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD;"
2 Chronicles 22:11: "she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah,"
2 Chronicles 23:17: "Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars."
2 Chronicles 24:14: "the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels"
2 Chronicles 25:8: "for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath"
