1) to turn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn toward or from or away 1a2) to turn and do 1a3) to turn, decline (of day) 1a4) to turn toward, approach (of evening) 1a5) to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for 1b) (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to turn 1c2) to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back 1d) (Hophal) to be turned back
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H6437 — פָּנָה
pa.nah · to turn · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 18:22 · וַיִּפְנ֤וּAnd the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.Genesis 24:31 · פִּנִּ֣יתִי“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”Genesis 24:49 · וְאֶפְנֶ֥הNow if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”Genesis 24:63 · לִפְנ֣וֹתEarly in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.Exodus 2:12 · וַיִּ֤פֶןAfter looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.Exodus 7:23 · וַיִּ֣פֶןInstead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.Exodus 10:6 · וַיִּ֥פֶןThey will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.Exodus 14:27 · לִפְנ֥וֹתSo Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.Exodus 16:10 · וַיִּפְנ֖וּAnd as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.Exodus 32:15 · וַיִּ֜פֶןThen Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.Leviticus 14:36 · וּפִנּ֣וּThe priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.Leviticus 19:4 · תִּפְנוּ֙Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 19:31 · תִּפְנ֤וּYou must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 20:6 · תִּפְנֶ֤הWhoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.Leviticus 26:9 · וּפָנִ֣יתִיI will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.Numbers 12:10 · וַיִּ֧פֶןAs the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,Numbers 14:25 · פְּנ֨וּNow since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”Numbers 16:15 · תֵּ֖פֶןThen Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”Numbers 16:42 · וַיִּפְנוּ֙But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.Numbers 21:33 · וַיִּפְנוּ֙Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.Deuteronomy 1:7 · פְּנ֣וּ׀Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.Deuteronomy 1:24 · וַיִּפְנוּ֙They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.Deuteronomy 1:40 · פְּנ֣וּBut you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”Deuteronomy 2:1 · וַנֵּ֜פֶןThen we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.Deuteronomy 2:3 · פְּנ֥וּ“You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the northDeuteronomy 2:8 · וַנֵּ֙פֶן֙So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.Deuteronomy 3:1 · וַנֵּ֣פֶןThen we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.Deuteronomy 9:15 · וָאֵ֗פֶןSo I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.Deuteronomy 9:27 · תֵּ֗פֶןRemember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.Deuteronomy 10:5 · וָאֵ֗פֶןand I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.Deuteronomy 16:7 · וּפָנִ֣יתָAnd you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.Deuteronomy 23:11 · לִפְנֽוֹת־When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.Deuteronomy 29:18 · פֹנֶ֤הMake sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,Deuteronomy 30:17 · יִפְנֶ֥הBut if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,Deuteronomy 31:18 · פָנָ֔הAnd on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.Deuteronomy 31:20 · וּפָנָ֞הWhen I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.Joshua 7:12 · יִפְנוּ֙This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.Joshua 8:20 · וַיִּפְנ֣וּWhen the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.Joshua 15:2 · הַפֹּנֶ֥הTheir southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,Joshua 15:7 · פֹּנֶ֣הThen the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.Joshua 22:4 · פְּנוּ֩And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.Judges 6:14 · וַיִּ֤פֶןThe LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”Judges 15:4 · וַיֶּ֤פֶןThen Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.Judges 18:21 · וַיִּפְנ֖וּPutting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.Judges 18:26 · וַיִּ֖פֶןSo the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.Judges 19:26 · לִפְנ֣וֹתEarly that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.Judges 20:40 · וַיִּ֤פֶןBut when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.Judges 20:42 · וַיִּפְנ֞וּSo they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.Judges 20:45 · וַיִּפְנ֞וּThen the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.Judges 20:47 · וַיִּפְנ֞וּBut 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.1 Samuel 10:9 · כְּהַפְנֹת֤וֹAs Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.1 Samuel 13:17 · יִפְנֶ֛הAnd raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,1 Samuel 13:18 · יִפְנֶ֔ה · יִפְנֶה֙another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.1 Samuel 14:47 · יִפְנֶ֖הAfter Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.2 Samuel 1:7 · וַיִּ֥פֶןWhen he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’2 Samuel 2:20 · וַיִּ֤פֶןAnd Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.2 Samuel 9:8 · פָנִ֔יתָMephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”1 Kings 2:3 · תִּפְנֶ֖הAnd keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,1 Kings 7:25 · פֹנִ֣ים׀ · פֹנִ֨ים׀ · פֹּנִ֣ים · פֹּנִ֣יםThe Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.1 Kings 8:28 · וּפָנִ֜יתָYet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.1 Kings 10:13 · וַתֵּ֛פֶןKing Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.1 Kings 17:3 · וּפָנִ֥יתָ“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.2 Kings 2:24 · וַיִּ֤פֶןThen he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.2 Kings 5:12 · וַיִּ֖פֶןAre not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.2 Kings 13:23 · וַיִּ֣פֶןBut the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.2 Kings 23:16 · וַיִּ֣פֶןAnd as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.2 Chronicles 4:4 · פֹנִ֣ים׀ · פֹנִ֨ים׀ · פֹּנִ֣ים · פֹּנִ֣יםThe Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.2 Chronicles 6:19 · וּפָנִ֜יתָYet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.2 Chronicles 13:14 · וַיִּפְנ֣וּWhen Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,2 Chronicles 20:24 · וַיִּפְנוּ֙When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.2 Chronicles 25:23 · הַפּוֹנֶ֔הThere at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.2 Chronicles 26:20 · וַיִּ֣פֶןWhen Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.Job 5:1 · תִּפְנֶֽה׃“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?Job 6:28 · פְנוּ־But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?Job 21:5 · פְּנוּ־Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.Job 24:18 · יִ֝פְנֶהThey are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.Job 36:21 · תֵּ֣פֶןBe careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.Psalm 25:16 · פְּנֵה־Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.Psalm 40:4 · פָנָ֥הBlessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.Psalm 46:5 · לִפְנ֥וֹתGod is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.Psalm 69:16 · פְּנֵ֣הAnswer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.Psalm 80:9 · פִּנִּ֥יתָYou cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.Psalm 86:16 · פְּנֵ֥הTurn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.Psalm 90:9 · פָּנ֣וּFor all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.Psalm 102:17 · פָּ֭נָהHe will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.Psalm 119:132 · פְּנֵה־Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.Proverbs 17:8 · יִפְנֶ֣הA bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.Ecclesiastes 2:11 · וּפָנִ֣יתִֽיYet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:12 · וּפָנִ֤יתִֽיThen I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?Song of Solomon 6:1 · פָּנָ֣הWhere has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.Isaiah 8:21 · וּפָנָ֥הThey will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.Isaiah 13:14 · יִפְנ֔וּLike a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.Isaiah 40:3 · פַּנּ֖וּA voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.Isaiah 45:22 · פְּנוּ־Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.Isaiah 53:6 · פָּנִ֑ינוּWe all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.Isaiah 56:11 · פָּנ֔וּLike ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:Isaiah 57:14 · פַּנּוּ־And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”Isaiah 62:10 · פַּנּ֖וּGo out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!Jeremiah 2:27 · פָנ֥וּsay to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’Jeremiah 6:4 · פָנָ֣ה‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.Jeremiah 32:33 · וַיִּפְנ֥וּThey have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.Jeremiah 46:5 · הִפְנ֑וּWhy am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 46:21 · הִפְנ֛וּEven the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.Jeremiah 47:3 · הִפְנ֤וּat the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.Jeremiah 48:39 · הִפְנָה־“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”Jeremiah 49:8 · הָפְנוּ֙Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.Jeremiah 49:24 · הִפְנְתָ֥הDamascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.Jeremiah 50:16 · יִפְנ֔וּCut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.Hosea 3:1 · פֹּנִים֙Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”Nahum 2:8 · מַפְנֶֽה׃Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.Zephaniah 3:15 · פִּנָּ֖הThe LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.Haggai 1:9 · פָּנֹ֤הYou expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.Malachi 2:13 · פְּנוֹת֙And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.Malachi 3:1 · וּפִנָּה־“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.