What does פָּנִים · אֹיֵב mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H6440, H341
לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיכֶם
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.) · hating ; an adversary
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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.)
אֹיֵב H341 hating ; an adversary
Pronunciation ʾōyēb
Active hostility rather than mere opposition; one who bears malice or enmity against another
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What does לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיכֶם (lipnê ʾōyᵉbêkem) mean in the Bible?
פָּנִים · אֹיֵב 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, H341?
H6440, H341 is connected to 2,411 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, H341
Lexical occurrences 2,411 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 אֹיְבֵיכֶם is built from this root:
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