What does פָּנִים · עָמַד mean in the Bible?
פָּנִים · עָמַד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "stand before me in service".
Hebrew · H6440, H5975
לְפָנַי תַּעֲמֹד
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.) · to stand , in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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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.)
עָמַד H5975 to stand , in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Pronunciation wayya‘ămōḏ
Core stance of presence and stability; foundational to covenant language of standing before God or establishing permanent positions.
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What does לְפָנַי תַּעֲמֹד (lefanai taamod) mean in the Bible?
פָּנִים · עָמַד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "stand before me in service".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6440, H5975?
H6440, H5975 is connected to 2,653 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. stand before me in service
Strong's H6440, H5975
Lexical occurrences 2,653 verses Source Gloss
stand before me in service
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
לְפָנַי תַּעֲמֹד is built from this root:
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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