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פָּנָה H6437

pânâh

paw-naw'

a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

פָּנָה 135 vb. turn
Qal 117
1
a turn toward
b turn from
c turn and do a thing
d turn, decline
e turn toward, approach
2
a turn and look, look
b of inanimate things, face
c esp. fig. look at, regard
d look for = expect
e fig. look at = consider
Hiph.
1 turn
2 make a turn, shew (signs of) turning
Hoph. be ye turned back!

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

128 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 1 Samuel 10:9
    And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
  • 1 Samuel 13:17
    And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
  • 1 Samuel 13:18
    And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
  • 1 Samuel 14:47
    So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
  • 2 Samuel 1:7
    And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
  • 2 Samuel 2:20
    Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
  • 2 Samuel 9:8
    And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
  • 1 Kings 2:3
    And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
  • 1 Kings 7:25
    It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
  • 1 Kings 8:28
    Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: