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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - פְּנוּאֵל

פְּנוּאֵל

H6439

Transliteration: Pᵉnûwʼêl

Pronunciation: pen-oo-ale'

Definition: Peniel


Original: פּניאל פּנוּאל

Transliteration: penû'êl penı̂y'êl

Phonetic: pen-oo-ale'

BDB Definition:

Penuel or Peniel = "facing God"
  1. a Benjamite, son of Shashak, brother of Iphedeiah of the family of Saul (noun proper masculine)
  2. son of Hur, father of Gedor, and a descendant of Judah (noun proper masculine)
  3. the place named by Jacob when he wrestled with God and located on the north bank of the Jabbok close to the Jordan (noun proper locative)

Origin: from H6437" class="dictionary-topic-link">H6437 and H410" class="dictionary-topic-link">H410

TWOT entry: None

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