STRONGS H6435:
Abbreviations
פֶּן־ 133 (always with Makkeph
**except
Genesis 38:23;
Genesis 44:34;
Deuteronomy 7:25;
Deuteronomy 32:27 [not Gi],
Isaiah 27:3;
Proverbs 25:8: Mandelkern
Conc. under the word.)
conjunction (averting, or deprecating),
lest (origin dubious: Thes Kö
ii. 334 from
פָּנָה, properly substantive construct in accusative
for the aversion of; but
פָנָה is intransitive: Nö
M. 474 compares the enclitic particle
פָּנָהפּוֹן in
,
then ἄν, 'etwa,' thinking that a particle with the meaning 'es möchte etwa,' spoken in a tone of alarm, might readily acquire a deprecatory force); —
lest:
1. with imperfect Genesis 3:3 ye shall not eat thereof...פֶּן־תְּמֻתוּן lest ye die, Genesis 11:4 let us build a cityפֶּן־נָפוּץ lest we be scattered, Genesis 19:15, 17, 19; Genesis 38:23; Genesis 45: Exodus 1:10; Exodus 23:29; Exodus 23:33 etc., 2 Kings 10:23 (followed by יֵשׁ), Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 27:3; Isaiah 28:22; Isaiah 48:5, 7; Psalm 2:12; Psalm 7:3 etc.; often after הִשָׁמֶרלְֿךָ take heed to thyself Genesis 24:6; Genesis 31:24, and especially in Deuteronomy, as Deuteronomy 4:9, 23; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 8:11 and elsewhere; after a verb of fearing Genesis 32:12, and once, even, of swearing Judges 15:12; deprecating pathetically, Genesis 44:34 how shall I go up, etc.? lest I look upon the evil that will befal my father. Once, unusually, preceding the principal clause, Proverbs 5:6 פֶּוֹ־תְּפַלּלֵם חַוִּים ארַח lest she should make level the path of life, her ways are unstable, etc. (Ew Be Now; see also Toy). Note especially
a. the idiom פֶּן־ (אָמַרְתִּי) אָמַר כִּי for he (I) said, Lest..., implying always that some precaution has been taken to avert the dreaded contingency, † Genesis 26:9 for I said, Lest I die on account of her (to obviate which, Isaac had called Rebecca his sister), Genesis 31:31; Genesis 38:11; Genesis 42:4; Exodus 13:17; Numbers 16:34; 1 Samuel 13:19; 1 Samuel 27:11 (לֵאמֹר), Psalm 38:17; with כי אמר implied Genesis 26:7; compare, with an aposiop., Genesis 3:22 and now, lest he put forth his hand, etc. (implying that measures are taken to prevent this, see Genesis 3:23): compare Tob 8:9.
b. פֶּן־ at the beginning of a sentence, with a dissuasive force, (Beware) lest: + † Isaiah 36:18 פֶּן־יַסִּית אֶתְכֶם חזקיהו (beware) lest Hezekiah deceive you, Deuteronomy 29:17 (twice in verse) (followed by יֵשׁ), Jeremiah 51:46; Job 32:13; Job 36:18.
2. with Perfect, the result feared being conceived as having possibly already taken place; † 2 Samuel 20:6 pursue after him, וְהִצִּיל ֗֗֗ לוֺ פֶּן־מָצָא lest he have found him fenced cities, etc. (but the tense of והציל makes יִמְצָא probably, Drsm Bu Köiii. 486), 2 Kings 2:16 וגו׳ וַיַּשְׁלִכֵהוּ י׳ רוּחַ פּן־נְשָׂאוֹ
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
3:3; 3:22; 3:23; 11:4; 19:15; 19:17; 19:19; 24:6; 26:7; 26:9; 31:24; 31:31; 32:12; 38:11; 38:23; 38:23; 42:4; 44:34; 44:34; 45
Exodus
1:10; 13:17; 23:29; 23:33
Numbers
16:34
Deuteronomy
4:9; 4:23; 6:12; 7:25; 8:11; 29:17; 32:27
Judges
15:12
1 Samuel
13:19; 27:11
2 Samuel
20:6
2 Kings
2:16; 10:23
Job
32:13; 36:18
Psalms
2:12; 7:3; 38:17
Proverbs
5:6; 25:8
Isaiah
6:10; 27:3; 27:3; 28:22; 36:18; 48:5; 48:7
Jeremiah
51:46