Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6439 - פְנוּאֵל Penuel ("face of God")

Original Word:	פְנוּאֵל
Transliteration:	Penuel
Definition:	"face of God", a place East of the Jordan, also two Israelites
Part of Speech:	proper name; location; masculine a.
Phonetic Spelling:	(pen-oo-ale')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Peniel, Penuel

Or (more properly,) Pniylel {pen-oo-ale'}; from panah and 'el; face of God; Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites -- Peniel, Penuel.

see HEBREW panah

see HEBREW 'el

Englishman's Concordance

Penuel or Peniel=“facing God”
1) a Benjamite, son of Shashak, brother of Iphedeiah of the family of Saul (noun proper masculine)
2) son of Hur, father of Gedor, and a descendant of Judah (noun proper masculine)
3) the place named by Jacob when he wrestled with God and located on the north bank of the Jabbok close to the Jordan (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מְּנוּאֵלproper 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. locationeast of Jordan, near JabbokGenesis 32:32; Judges 8:8 (twice in verse); Judges 8:9,17; 1 Kings 12:25=מְּנִיאֵלGenesis 32:31: site unknown; see especially Paine^{Bib.Sac.1878,481 ff.}

2. masculine a.in Judah1 Chronicles 4:4.

b.in Benjamin1 Chronicles 8:25 Qr (Kt פניאל).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6439. פְּנוּאֵל (Penuel) — 9 Occurrences

Genesis 32:30
HEB:שֵׁ֥ם הַמָּק֖וֹם פְּנִיאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־ רָאִ֤יתִי
NAS: the place Peniel, for [he said], I have seen
KJV: of the place Peniel: for I have seen
INT: the name the place Peniel for have seen

Genesis 32:31
HEB:עָבַ֖ר אֶת־ פְּנוּאֵ֑ל וְה֥וּא צֹלֵ֖עַ
NAS: as he crossed over Penuel, and he was limping
KJV: And as he passed over Penuel the sun
INT: he crossed Penuel and he was limping

Judges 8:8
HEB:וַיַּ֤עַל מִשָּׁם֙ פְּנוּאֵ֔ל וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
NAS: up from there to Penuel and spoke
KJV: And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake
INT: went there to Penuel and spoke unto

Judges 8:8
HEB:אוֹתוֹ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י פְנוּאֵ֔ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָנ֖וּ
NAS: to them; and the men of Penuel answered
KJV: and the men of Penuel answered
INT: answered and the men of Penuel after had answered

Judges 8:9
HEB:גַּם־ לְאַנְשֵׁ֥י פְנוּאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר בְּשׁוּבִ֣י
NAS: to the men of Penuel, saying,
KJV: also unto the men of Penuel, saying,
INT: also to the men of Penuel saying return

Judges 8:17
HEB:וְאֶת־ מִגְדַּ֥ל פְּנוּאֵ֖ל נָתָ֑ץ וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג
NAS: the tower of Penuel and killed
KJV: the tower of Penuel, and slew
INT: the tower of Penuel tore and killed

1 Kings 12:25
HEB:וַיִּ֖בֶן אֶת־ פְּנוּאֵֽל׃
NAS: out from there and built Penuel.
KJV: from thence, and built Penuel.
INT: there and built Penuel

1 Chronicles 4:4
HEB: וּפְנוּאֵל֙ אֲבִ֣י גְדֹ֔ר
NAS:Penuel [was] the father of Gedor,
KJV:And Penuel the father of Gedor,
INT:Penuel the father of Gedor

1 Chronicles 8:25
HEB:[וּפְנִיאֵל כ] (וּפְנוּאֵ֖ל ק) בְּנֵ֥י
NAS: Iphdeiah and Penuel [were] the sons
KJV: And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons
INT: Iphdeiah Peniel the sons of Shashak

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