פָּנָה
pânâh · paw-naw'
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
- to turn
- by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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).
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
135 occurrences · 135 OT · 0 NT · 102 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- turned9 · 13%
- looking9 · 13%
- looked7 · 10%
- turn7 · 10%
- that looketh6 · 8%
- look4 · 6%
- prepare3 · 4%
- and they turned3 · 4%
- then we turned2 · 3%
- and he turned2 · 3%
- regard2 · 3%
- and i turned2 · 3%
- that they looked2 · 3%
- which looketh2 · 3%
- but as for you, turn1 · 1%
- respect1 · 1%
- that turneth1 · 1%
- that they empty1 · 1%
- appeared1 · 1%
- and he looked1 · 1%
- at1 · 1%
- for i will have respect1 · 1%
- me; that i may turn1 · 1%
- for i have prepared1 · 1%
- turned their faces1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.