Strong's Lexicon

H6439

H6439 — פְּנוּאֵל פְּנִיאֵל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewPnuw'elName/l.Occurrences: 10

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6439
Word:	פְּנוּאֵל פְּנִיאֵל
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	from H6437 and H410
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	Pnuw'el
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	pen-oo-ale' (or (more properly,) Pniylel {pen-oo-ale'}) n/l.
Meaning:	1. face of God 2. Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan 3. (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites
KJV Renderings:	Peniel, Penuel.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6684

פְּנוּאֵל proper name (face of God, compare GFM^{JU 8,
8}; late Assyrian Panîli Hilpr^{Univ. Pa. Exp. ix. 68}); — Φανουηλ, but in Gen εἶδος (τοῦ) θεοῦ:

1. location east of Jordan, near Jabbok Gen 32:32; Judg 8:8 (twice in verse); Judg 8:9; Judg 8:17; 1Kgs 12:25 = פְּנִיאֵל Gen 32:31: site unknown; see especially Paine^{Bib.Sac.1878,481 ff.}

2. masculine

a. in Judah 1Chr 4:4.

b. in Benjamin 1Chr 8:25 Qr ( Kt פניאל).