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פָּנָה

To turn ; by implication, to face , i.e. appear , look , etc.

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פָּנָה H6437
Pronunciation pānāh

What does פָּנָה (pānāh) mean in the Bible?

פָּנָה (pānāh) is a Hebrew word meaning "to turn ; by implication, to face , i.e. appear , look , etc.". to turn; by implication, to face, i. Defines the response required for salvation. This term runs through the canonical themes of Redemption.

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Meaning

to turn ; by implication, to face , i.e. appear , look , etc.
Extended definition

Physical turning becomes relational: to face implies attention, regard, and divine appearance or presence toward someone.

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

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Why This Word Matters
Defines the response required for salvation. Isaiah 45:20-25
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 56×
Imperfect 1Sam 13:17 · 1Sam 13:18 · 1Sam 14:47 · Deut 30:17 · Ezek 10:11 · Job 24:18 · Prov 17:8 · Isa 13:14 · Jer 50:16 · Josh 7:12 · 1Kgs 2:3 · Job 5:1 · Lev 20:6 14×
Participle active 1Kgs 7:25 · 2Chr 4:4 · Deut 29:17 · Ezek 43:1 · Hos 3:1 · Josh 15:7 12×
Sequential imperfect Deut 1:7 · Deut 1:40 · Deut 2:3 · Isa 45:22 · Job 6:28 · Job 21:5 · Josh 22:4 · Num 14:25 · Ps 25:16 · Ps 69:17 · Ps 86:16 · Ps 119:132 12×
Perfect Deut 31:18 · Jer 6:4 · Ps 40:5 · Ps 102:18 · Song 6:1 · Isa 56:11 · Jer 2:27 · Ps 90:9 · 2Sam 9:8 · Isa 53:6 10×
Jussive Deut 9:27 · Job 36:21 · Num 16:15 · Lev 19:4 · Lev 19:31 5×
Infinitive construct Ezek 43:17 · Mal 2:13 2×
Infinitive absolute Hag 1:9 1×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 6×
Sequential imperfect Isa 40:3 · Isa 57:14 · Isa 62:10 3×
Perfect Gen 24:31 · Ps 80:10 · Zeph 3:15 3×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 6×
Perfect Jer 46:5 · Jer 46:21 · Jer 47:3 · Jer 48:39 · Jer 49:24 5×
Participle active Nah 2:9 1×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 2×
Participle passive Ezek 9:2 1×
Sequential imperfect Jer 49:8 1×
70 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: OSHB — CC BY 4.0
Canonical Themes
Redemption
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Old Testament Witnesses
Isaiah 45:20-25 Turn pānāh Qal · Sequential imperfect
To turn toward or look to.

Showing 8 of 135 occurrences in the biblical text.

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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