What does אוֹר · פָּנִים mean in the Bible?
אוֹר · פָּנִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Light of your face, divine favor and presence".
Hebrew · H216, H6440
אוֹר פָּנֶיךָ
Illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) · 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.)
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אוֹר H216 illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Pronunciation or
Light moves from physical illumination to metaphorical brightness—knowledge, joy, divine presence, and moral clarity.
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פָּנִים H6440 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.)
What does אוֹר פָּנֶיךָ (or panekha) mean in the Bible?
אוֹר · פָּנִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Light of your face, divine favor and presence".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H216, H6440?
H216, H6440 is connected to 2,248 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Light of your face, divine favor and presence
Strong's H216, H6440
Lexical occurrences 2,248 verses Source Gloss
Light of your face, divine favor and presence
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אוֹר פָּנֶיךָ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
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