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Word Study · Strong's H6437 · Hebrew

פָּנָה

panah

paw-naw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: pânâh

to turn

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.

Rendered in the KJV as

appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).

  • 135
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 102
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 135 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 102

  • וַיִּ֤פֶן5
  • וַיִּ֣פֶן4
  • וַיִּפְנוּ֙4
  • פֹּנִ֣ים4
  • הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה3
  • וַיִּפְנ֞וּ3
  • הַפֹּנֶ֣ה2
  • וָאֵ֗פֶן2
  • וַיִּ֥פֶן2
  • וַיִּ֖פֶן2
  • וַיִּפְנ֖וּ2
  • וַיִּפְנ֣וּ2

and 90 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 56

  • and he turned15
  • and they turned12
  • turn12
  • [were] turning8
  • which faces7
  • to [the] turning of5
  • you turn5
  • and I turned4
  • and you will turn4
  • it turned4
  • and we turned3
  • it has turned3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 44

  • Hc/Vqw3ms15
  • Hc/Vqw3mp13
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural9
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular8
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural8
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular7
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)6
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular5
  • Hc/Vqq1cs4
  • Hc/Vqq2ms4
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular4
  • Hc/Vqw1cp3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 15
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 13
  • HVqrmpa · 9
  • HVqi3ms · 8
  • HVqv2mp · 8
  • HTd/Vqrmsa · 7
  • HR/Vqcc · 6
  • HVqp3ms · 5
  • Hc/Vqq1cs · 4
  • Hc/Vqq2ms · 4
  • HVqv2ms · 4
  • Hc/Vqw1cp · 3

All 135, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis4 occurrences
Exodus6 occurrences
Leviticus5 occurrences
Numbers5 occurrences
Deuteronomy16 occurrences
Joshua5 occurrences
Judges9 occurrences
1 Samuel5 occurrences
2 Samuel3 occurrences
1 Kings8 occurrences
2 Kings4 occurrences
2 Chronicles9 occurrences
Job5 occurrences
Psalms9 occurrences
Proverbs1 occurrence
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Isaiah8 occurrences
Jeremiah10 occurrences
Ezekiel14 occurrences
Hosea1 occurrence
Nahum1 occurrence
Zephaniah1 occurrence
Haggai1 occurrence
Malachi2 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).