פְּנוּאֵל
Transliteration
pᵊnû'ēl
Pronunciation
pen-oo-ale'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From פָּנָה (H6437) and אֵל (H410)
Strong’s Definitions

פְּנוּאֵל Pᵉnûwʼêl, pen-oo-ale'; or (more properly,) פְּנִיאֵל Pᵉnîyʼêl; from H6437 and H410; face of God; Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites:—Peniel, Penuel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6439 in the following manner: Penuel (8x), Peniel (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6439 in the following manner: Penuel (8x), Peniel (1x).

  1. Penuel or Peniel = "facing God"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a Benjamite, son of Shashak, brother of Iphedeiah of the family of Saul

    2. son of Hur, father of Gedor, and a descendant of Judah

      proper locative noun

    3. the place named by Jacob when he wrestled with God and located on the north bank of the Jabbok close to the Jordan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פְּנוּאֵל Pᵉnûwʼêl, pen-oo-ale'; or (more properly,) פְּנִיאֵל Pᵉnîyʼêl; from H6437 and H410; face of God; Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites:—Peniel, Penuel.
STRONGS H6439: Abbreviations
† פְּנוּאֵל proper name (face of God, compare GFM JU 8, 8; late Assyrian Panîli HilprUniv. Pa. Exp. ix. 68); — Φανουηλ, but in Gen εἶδος (τοῦ) θεοῦ:
1. location east of Jordan, near Jabbok Genesis 32:32; Judges 8:8 (twice in verse); Judges 8:9, 17; 1 Kings 12:25 = פְּנִיאֵל Genesis 32:31: site unknown; see especially PaineBib.Sac.1878,481 ff.
2. masculine.
a. in Judah 1 Chronicles 4:4.
b. in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:25 Qr (Kt פניאל).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:31; 32:32

Judges

8:8; 8:9; 8:17

1 Kings

12:25

1 Chronicles

4:4; 8:25