STRONGS H3942:
Abbreviations
לִפְנָ֑י 1 Kings 6:17 see
H6440 [
פָּנֶה],
פָּנִים.
[
פָּנֶה], plural
פָּנִים
a. With the implication of
(g) in the sight (estimation)
of,
Genesis 7:1 thee have I seen to be just
before me,
Genesis 10:9 a mighty hunter
before י׳,
Deuteronomy 24:4 י׳ תּוֺעֵבָה ל׳,
Deuteronomy 24:13 י׳ צְדָקָה ל׳,
1 Samuel 20:1b,
אָרוּר י׳ ל׳ Joshua 6:26;
1 Samuel 26:19,
י׳ לְרָצוֺן ל׳ acceptable
before י׳,
Leviticus 1:3 +,
Psalm 19:15;
2 Kings 5:1 a great man
לִפְנֵי אֲדֹנָיו,
Proverbs 14:12;
Psalm 143:2;
וַיִּיטַב ל׳ (late synonym of earlier
בְּעֵנֵי)
Nehemiah 2:5, 6;
Esther 5:14;
טוֺב ל׳ Ecclesiastes 2:26;
Ecclesiastes 7:26; compare also
נָתַן לְרַחֲמִים לִפְנֵי, see
רַחֲמִים.
(h) לִפְנֵי י׳, specifically of acts done with a solemn sense of
י׳'s presence, often, but not always, at a sanctuary:
Genesis 27:7 that I may eat and bless thee
before י׳, before I die,
Exodus 18:12 to eat bread
before God,
Deuteronomy 1:45 ye wept
before י׳,
Deuteronomy 6:25;
Deuteronomy 12:7 (to eat, so
Deuteronomy 12:18;
Deuteronomy 14:23, 26;
Deuteronomy 15:20),
Deuteronomy 15:12 (rejoice, so
Deuteronomy 15:18;
Deuteronomy 27:7;
Isaiah 9:2),
Joshua 18:6;
Joshua 24:1;
Judges 11:11;
Judges 20:23, 26;
Judges 21:2;
1 Samuel 7:6;
1 Samuel 10:19;
1 Samuel 11:15;
1 Samuel 12:7;
1 Samuel 15:33;
1 Samuel 23:18;
2 Samuel 5:3;
2 Samuel 7:18;
2 Samuel 21:9; and constantly in P, as
Exodus 16:9, 33, 34;
Leviticus 1:5, 11;
Leviticus 3:1, 7 etc.; of residents in Jerusalem
Isaiah 23:18. So in
י׳ הָלַךְ ל׳ 1 Kings 2:4 and elsewhere.
b. In other phrases: —
c. With reference to position:
(a) in front of, before, especially with verbs of motion (with which
נֶגֶד is hardly used),
Genesis 32:21 בַּמִּנְחָה הַהֹלֶכֶת לְפָנָ֔י that goeth
before me,
Genesis 33:14 the cattle
אֲשֶׁר לְפָנַי,
Exodus 17:5;
Exodus 23:20 etc.; in the description of a march or procession,
Exodus 13:21, 22;
Numbers 10:33;
Isaiah 52:12;
Isaiah 58:8 +;
2 Samuel 3:31 and wail
before Abner (before his bier); of flocks before a shepherd
Genesis 32:18; of captives or booty driven before a conqueror
1 Samuel 30:20 (read
וַיִּנְהֲגוּ לְפָנָיו We Dr),
Isaiah 8:4;
Isaiah 40:10 =
Isaiah 62:11 וּפְעֻלָּתוֺ לְפָנָיו his recompence (i.e. his newly-recovered people, regarded as his prize of war)
before him,
Amos 9:4;
Lamentations 1:5, 6
d. Of
places (not very common):
Exodus 14:2 before Pi-hahiroth...,
before Baal-zephon,
Numbers 33:7b,
Genesis 23:17 מַמְרֵא אשׁר ל׳ (usually
על פני מ׳ : see
7a d),
1 Chronicles 19:7;
Nehemiah 8:1, 3;
before the temple, veil, altar, etc.,
Exodus 16:34 +
הָעֵדֻת ל׳,
Exodus 30:6 +
הַפָּרֹכֶת ל׳,
Exodus 40:5, 6;
Numbers 3:38;
Numbers 7:10 and elsewhere (all P),
1 Kings 6:21;
1 Kings 7:49 +.
e. Of time,
before: Amos 1:1:
הָרָֽעַשׁ לפני before the earthquake,
Genesis 29:26;
Genesis 30:30 לְפָנַי before me (i.e. before I came to thee),
Exodus 10:14 לפניו לא היה כן before it there was not the like,
Numbers 13:22;
1 Kings 16:25, 30
מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר לְפָנָיו,
Isaiah 43:10;
Isaiah 48:7;
Proverbs 8:25;
Job 15:7 etc. Sq. infinitive,
Genesis 13:10 לִפְנֵי שַׁחֵת י׳ before י׳'s destroying, etc.,
Genesis 27:7 לִפְנֵי מוֺתִי,
Genesis 36:31;
1 Samuel 9:15 +. Once, in late Hebrew,
לִפְנֵי מִזֶּה before this
Nehemiah 13:4.
f. In the manner of, like (rare and dubious),
1 Samuel 1:16 אַלתִּֿתֵּן אֶתאֲֿמָֽתְךָ לִפְנֵי בַתבִּֿלִיַּעַל like a worthless woman,
Job 3:24 like my food,
Job 4:19 they are crushed
like the moth (compare Lat
pro).
5. מִלִּפְנֵי 73 from before: —
a. from the presence of (properly, from a position before a person or object: to be distinguished from מִפְּנֵי; see 6):
†b. (Chiefly late) to express the
source or
cause, with the force of the
לְ weakened, in cases where the earlier language would have used
מִפְּנֵי : with verbs of fearing,
1 Samuel 18:12;
Ecclesiastes 3:14;
Ecclesiastes 8:12, 13;
1 Chronicles 16:30 חִילִי מִלְּפָנָיו [||
Psalm 96:9 מפניו],
Psalm 114:7 (twice in verse);
Esther 7:6;
2 Chronicles 32:7 (+
מפני); failing, etc.,
Isaiah 57:16;
Psalm 97:5; being humbled,
1 Kings 21:29 (+
מפני),
2 Chronicles 32:12, 23; 34:27 [||
2 Kings 22:19 מפני],
2Ki 36:12; crying for help
1 Samuel 8:18 [compare
מפני Exodus 3:7], singing
1 Chronicles 16:33 [||
Psalm 96:13 לפני], fleeing
1 Chronicles 19:18 [||
2 Samuel 10:18 מִפְּנֵי].
†c. of time, once, =
לִפְנֵי Ecclesiastes 1:10. — With the later usages of
מל׳, compare
מִן קֳדָם in Biblical Aramaic and
(Dr
Sm lxx-lxxi, lxxiii); see also Kö
ii. 320.
לִפְנָ֑י 1 Kings 6:17, Ew
§ 164 a Ke as adjective,
anterior, but read, with
,
לִפְנֵי הַדְּבִיד Th Sta Kit and others.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
4:6; 6:13; 7:1; 10:9; 13:9; 13:10; 17:1; 17:18; 18:8; 18:21; 18:22; 20:15; 23:4; 23:8; 23:12; 23:17; 24:12; 24:33; 27:7; 27:7; 27:20; 29:26; 30:30; 32:18; 32:21; 33:14; 34:10; 36:31; 41:46; 47:2; 47:6; 47:10; 48:20
Exodus
2:23; 3:7; 4:21; 9:11; 10:14; 11:10; 13:21; 13:22; 14:2; 16:9; 16:33; 16:34; 16:34; 17:5; 18:12; 19:7; 21:1; 23:20; 23:28; 29:10; 30:6; 36:3; 40:5; 40:6
Leviticus
1:3; 1:5; 1:11; 3:1; 3:7; 9:24; 10:2; 16:12; 22:3
Numbers
3:38; 7:10; 10:33; 13:22; 17:11; 20:9; 27:17; 33:7
Deuteronomy
1:8; 1:21; 1:38; 1:45; 4:8; 6:25; 7:2; 7:23; 9:2; 9:4; 10:11; 11:23; 11:26; 11:32; 12:7; 12:18; 14:23; 14:26; 15:12; 15:18; 15:20; 17:18; 24:4; 24:13; 25:2; 26:10; 27:7; 28:31; 30:1; 30:15; 30:19; 31:3
Joshua
1:5; 6:26; 7:12; 7:13; 10:12; 11:6; 18:6; 24:1
Judges
2:14; 4:15; 9:39; 11:11; 20:23; 20:26; 21:2
1 Samuel
1:12; 1:16; 2:28; 2:35; 3:1; 7:6; 8:18; 8:20; 9:15; 10:19; 11:15; 12:2; 12:7; 14:13; 15:33; 18:12; 18:13; 18:16; 19:7; 20:1; 21:7; 23:18; 26:19; 29:8; 30:20
2 Samuel
2:14; 3:31; 5:3; 5:20; 7:18; 10:18; 16:19; 19:14; 21:9
1 Kings
2:4; 6:17; 6:17; 6:21; 7:49; 8:25; 8:54; 9:6; 12:30; 16:25; 16:30; 21:29
2 Kings
5:1; 5:2; 5:27; 6:32; 10:4; 18:22; 22:19
1 Chronicles
14:8; 16:30; 16:33; 19:7; 19:18; 21:30; 29:12
2 Chronicles
1:10; 1:13; 14:6; 14:9; 19:2; 32:7; 32:12; 32:23; 34:27
Ezra
10:6
Nehemiah
2:5; 2:6; 8:1; 8:3; 13:4
Esther
1:19; 4:8; 5:14; 7:6
Job
3:24; 4:19; 15:7; 34:19; 41:2
Psalms
17:2; 51:13; 61:8; 72:5; 72:17; 76:8; 96:9; 96:13; 97:5; 114:7; 143:2; 147:17
Proverbs
8:25; 14:12; 17:18; 18:16
Ecclesiastes
1:10; 2:26; 3:14; 4:16; 7:26; 8:12; 8:13; 10:5
Song of Songs
8:12
Isaiah
8:4; 9:2; 23:18; 40:10; 43:10; 45:1; 47:12; 48:7; 48:19; 52:12; 53:2; 57:16; 58:8; 62:11; 65:6; 66:22
Jeremiah
1:17; 2:22; 9:12; 16:17; 18:23; 21:8; 26:4; 30:20; 31:36; 31:36; 33:18; 40:4; 44:10; 49:19
Lamentations
1:5; 1:6; 1:22
Ezekiel
23:24
Daniel
2:15; 2:18; 9:10
Hosea
6:2
Amos
1:1; 9:4
Jonah
1:2; 1:3; 1:10
Micah
1:13
Nahum
1:6
Acts
3:19
