Hebrew conj · H6435
פֵּן
penpane
lest
133 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pên
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6435is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 20 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6435
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
The King James renders it: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pen is rendered "lest". It stands 133 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty books.
- Twenty-eight of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 3:3but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
Genesis 3:3פֶּן־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- lest128
- and lest5
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| פֵּן | pen | Corner | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 133, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- פֶּן־97
- פֶּֽן־19
- פֶּ֚ן6
- וּפֶן־4
- פֶּ֥ן2
- פֶּ֨ן־2
- וּפֶֽן־1
- פֶּ֖ן1
- פֶּ֣ן1
The grammar of each form
- particle128HTc
- conjunction (“and”) + particle5HC/Tc
Genesis
seventeen uses
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
- פֶּ֖ןpenparticletagged: lest
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
- פֶּ֚ןpenparticletagged: lest
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Exodus
thirteen uses
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
- פֶּ֨ן־pen-particletagged: lest
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Leviticus
one use
You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Numbers
three uses
And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Deuteronomy
twenty-eight uses
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
- וּפֶן־ufen-conjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and lest
that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
- פֶּ֨ן־pen-particletagged: lest
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
- וּפֶן־ufen-conjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and lest
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
- פֶּ֚ןpenparticletagged: lest
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
- פֶּ֥ןpenparticletagged: lest
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
- וּפֶן־ufen-conjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and lest
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Joshua
three uses
“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
Judges
five uses
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
So on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
But they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
Ruth
one use
The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
1 Samuel
seven uses
Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
- פֶּ֚ןpenparticletagged: lest
When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
- פֶּ֚ןpenparticletagged: lest
And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
2 Samuel
six uses
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
- פֶּ֚ןpenparticletagged: lest
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
2 Kings
two uses
“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
1 Chronicles
one use
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Job
two uses
Psalms
nine uses
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Proverbs
eighteen uses
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
- פֶּ֣ןpenparticletagged: lest
lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- פֶּ֥ןpenparticletagged: lest
- וּפֶֽן־ufen-conjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and lest
Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Isaiah
six uses
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
- פֶּ֚ןpenparticletagged: lest
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Jeremiah
eight uses
Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
- פֶּֽן־pen-particletagged: lest
Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
- וּפֶן־ufen-conjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and lest
Hosea
one use
Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Amos
one use
Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
Malachi
one use
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
- פֶּן־pen-particletagged: lest
The letters
Gematria 130· 780 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.