Definition

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

Etymology

plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from H6437 (פָּנָה));

Word family

• פָּנָה pânâh

How the KJV renders it

• accept
• a-(be-) fore(-time)
• against
• anger
• as (long as)
• at
• battle
• because (of)
• beseech
• countenance
• edge
• employ
• endure
• enquire
• face
• favour
• fear of
• for
• forefront(-part)
• form(-er time
• -ward)
• from
• front
• heaviness
• him(-self)
• honourable
• impudent
• in
• it
• look(-eth) (-s)
• me
• meet
• more than
• mouth
• of
• off
• (of) old (time)
• on
• open
• out of
• over against
• the partial
• person
• please
• presence
• propect
• was purposed
• by reason of
• regard
• right forth
• serve
• shewbread
• sight
• state
• straight
• street
• thee
• them(-selves)
• through ( -out)
• till
• time(-s) past
• (un-) to(-ward)
• upon
• upside ( down)
• with(-in
• -stand)
• ye
• you

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.