Word Study · Strong's H6439 · Hebrew
פְּנוּאֵל
Penuel
pen-oo-ale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Pᵉnûwʼêl
“Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Peniel, Penuel.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- וּפְנוּאֵל֙1
- וּפְנוּאֵ֖ל1
- פְנוּאֵ֔ל1
- פְנוּאֵ֖ל1
- פְּנוּאֵ֑ל1
- פְּנוּאֵ֔ל1
- פְּנוּאֵ֖ל1
- פְּנוּאֵֽל׃1
- פְּנִיאֵ֑ל1
How it is rendered · 3
- Penuel6
- and Penuel2
- Peniel1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpl · 7
- HC/Npm · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 32:30פְּנִיאֵ֑לpenielproper noun (a name)So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”here: Peniel
- Genesis 32:31פְּנוּאֵ֑לpenuelproper noun (a name)The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.here: Penuel
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 8:8פְּנוּאֵ֔לpenuelproper noun (a name)From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.here: Penuel
- Judges 8:8פְנוּאֵ֔לfenuelproper noun (a name)From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.here: Penuel
- Judges 8:9פְנוּאֵ֖לfenuelproper noun (a name)So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”here: Penuel
- Judges 8:17פְּנוּאֵ֖לpenuelproper noun (a name)He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.here: Penuel
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 4:4וּפְנוּאֵל֙ufenuelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.here: and Penuel
- 1 Chronicles 8:25וּפְנוּאֵ֖לufenielconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.here: and Penuel