What does פָּנִים · אֲדָמָה mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H6440, H127
עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה
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.) · soil (from its general redness)
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פָּנִיםH6440the 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.)
אֲדָמָהH127soil (from its general redness)
Pronunciationʾădāmāh
Soil as livelihood foundation: ranges from physical earth tilled by humans to covenantal promised land
Open lexicon entry →What does עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה (al-penei ha-adamah) mean in the Bible?
פָּנִים · אֲדָמָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6440, H127?
H6440, H127 is connected to 2,352 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. 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.)
Strong'sH6440, H127
Lexical occurrences2,352 versesSource Gloss
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.)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה is built from this root: