What does פָּנִים · מָוֶת mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H6440, H4194
לִפְנֵי מוֹתוֹ
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.) · death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead , their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence , ruin
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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.)
מָוֶת H4194 death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead , their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence , ruin
Pronunciation mavet
Death as ultimate enemy and boundary: encompasses natural mortality, violent end, and the abode of the dead as theological threat to covenant life
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What does לִפְנֵי מוֹתוֹ (lifne moto) mean in the Bible?
פָּנִים · מָוֶת 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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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6440, H4194?
H6440, H4194 is connected to 2,285 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's H6440, H4194
Lexical occurrences 2,285 verses Source 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
לִפְנֵי מוֹתוֹ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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