379 occurrences

'Face' in the Bible

Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, that every one who finds me will slay me.

Abel and CainFugitivesThe HomelessWanderersDriven From God's PresenceGod HidingBeing Hidden From GodHidden From God

Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

Seven AnimalsAnimal OffspringKept Alive By MenMale And Female Animals

And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark went on the face of the waters.

Buoyancy

Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.

Confusion, Examples OfScattering The PeoplesLanguages SeparatedLanguage

And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.

natural DeathDeath Of A Father

And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.

Abuse Of Authority, Examples OfMastersOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Causes OfEmployers, Bad ExamplesGiven Into One's HandsLeaving People Alonemistress

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, whence comest thou? and whither art thou going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Where From?Where To?mistress

And he will be a wild-ass of a man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell before the face of all his brethren.

IndependenceOpposite SidesWild DonkeysConflictFamily Conflictislam

And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,

CourteousnessBowingUnidentified AngelsNewsAngels, Ministry To UnbelieversSalutationsSitting In The GatewayBowing Heads Before GodTwo AngelsAngels Going At God's BiddingSpoken Greetings

And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt, as one goes towards Assyria. He settled before the face of all his brethren.

Opposite Sides

And my righteousness shall answer for me hereafter, when thou comest about my hire, before thy face: all that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, let that be stolen with me.

HonestyBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face toward mount Gilead.

HillsRiver CrossingsRiver Tigris

And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.

Messengers Sent OutMessenger

And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.

And Jacob said, No, I pray thee; if now I have found favour in thine eyes, then receive my gift from my hand; for therefore have I seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou hast received me with pleasure.

Heavenly FacesSmiling

And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

FugitivesAppearances Of God In OtCommemorationSpeech, DivineWorship, Places OfBuilding AltarsGod AppearingBethel The House Of GodLiving In The Land

And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

FugitivesBuilding AltarsGod AppearingAltars

And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.

whores

And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold the corn to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.

BowingGovernorsBowing Before Joseph

And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

Not With People

but if thou do not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

Not With People

I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.

SafetyEternal Evil

And he washed his face, and came out, and controlled himself, and said, Set on bread.

Clean Faces

And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Not With People

But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.

Not With People

And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, after I have seen thy face, since thou still livest.

ReadinessParental LoveResigned To DeathLiving OnSeeing People

And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and behold, God has let me see also thy seed.

Old Age, Attainment OfSeeing People

And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and bowed down with his face to the earth.

Knees

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

People KissingKissingPainSorrowMourning The Death Of Others

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

Bowing Before Joseph

And he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

GesturesAbraham, Family And DescendantsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchReverence, And ObedienceFear, Caused ByNot Seeing GodHiding From GodI Am GodThose Frightened Of Godfatherhood

and they shall cover the face of the land, so that ye will not be able to see the land; and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which ye have remaining from the hail, and shall eat every tree which ye have growing in the field;

Covering The EarthRemaining FoodAnimals EatingHarming Trees

And they covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing on the trees, and in the herbs of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

BlackCovering The EarthDarkness During DaytimeGreenRemaining FoodAnimals EatingHarming Trees

And Pharaoh said to him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

Not Seeing PeopleKilling Will Happen

And Moses said, Thou hast spoken rightly: I will see thy face again no more!

People PartingNot Seeing People

And when the dew that lay round it was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was something fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.

FrostSmall ThingsCold Weather

Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!

God Changing His MindGod Might Kill His PeopleGod Turned Back From Harming ThemLet Not God Be AngryGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And Jehovah spoke with Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. And he returned to the camp; but his attendant, Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from within the tent.

Face Of GodMoses, Significance OfPrayer, As A Response To GodTent Of MeetingTentsCommunion With God, Examples OfDivine FriendshipStaying PutBeing Face To Face With GodGod SpeakingFriendship And Trust

And how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes I and thy people? Is it not by thy going with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from every people that is on the face of the earth.

Assurance in the life of faithSure KnowledgeGod DifferentiatingGod Goes With YouBeing Different

And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.

God, Human Descriptions OfCommunion With God, Examples OfTurning One's BackNot Seeing God

For I will dispossess the nations before thee, and enlarge thy border, and no man shall desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before the face of Jehovah thy God thrice in the year.

NationalismGod's ProvisionThree Times A YearGod Sets BoundariesThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai and the two tables of testimony were in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone through his talking with him.

MetamorphosisecstasyMoses, Significance OfAurasMan Going DownLight Of God's PeopleTwo Stone TabletsIgnorant Of Facts

And Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.

Shining FacesFear, Caused ByFear, Of UnknownStanding At A DistanceLight Of God's PeopleFear Of Individuals

And Moses ended speaking with them; and he had put on his face a veil.

Last Words

And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone; and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Light Of God's PeopleConversation

And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and consumed on the altar the burnt-offering, and the pieces of fat; and all the people saw it, and they shouted, and fell on their face.

GesturesFireProstrationShoutingTheophanyShouting For JoyAnswers By FireFire From HeavenBurning SacrificesGroups ShoutingSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

and if he have the hair fallen off from the part of the head towards his face, he is forehead-bald: he is clean.

And every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against the soul that hath eaten blood, and will cut him off from among his people;

Face Of GodGod OpposingForeigners Included In The LawForbidden FoodThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelStrangers in israel

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, so as to make my sanctuary unclean, and to profane my holy name.

Face Of GodOpposition, To Sin And EvilSanctuaryProfaning God's NameGod OpposingPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

ProstitutionGod OpposingThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelDeath Penalty For Heresy

And the soul that turneth unto necromancers And unto soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, I will set my face against that soul, And will cut him off from among his people.

AstrologyFamiliar SpiritsMediumsSeeking GodSorcery And MagicSpiritismSpiritsOccultismWitchcraftDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyGod OpposingAvoid SpiritismThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelDeath Penalty For Heresypsychics

And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies; they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Face Of GoddefeatPursuingGuilty FearGod OpposingUnsuitable Rule

And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; And let them that hate thee flee before thy face.

enemies, of Israel and JudahScattering The PeoplesThe Ark Moved AroundGod ArisingFleeing From GodHating GodGod Overcoming

And Jehovah said to Moses, But had her father anyways spat in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? She shall be shut outside the camp seven days, and afterwards she shall be received in again.

SpittingSalivaShaming People

When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.

And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is on the river in the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people is come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the land, and they abide over against me.

Balaams DonkeyMessengers Sent Out

Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the land. Now come, curse me them: perhaps I may be able to fight against them, and drive them out.

Cursing Israel

Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed and prostrated himself on his face.

Balaams DonkeyBowingProstrationReceiving SightSeeing AngelsGod's Sword

And Balaam saw that it was good in the sight of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

God Blesses

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

LawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

for Jehovah thy God is a jealous God in thy midst; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from the face of the earth.

JealousyGod, JealousGod Is Among YouGod Will Kill His People

and repayeth them that hate him each to his face, to cause them to perish: he delayeth not with him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

HatredHell, As An ExperienceGod Not DelayingGod Will RequiteHating Godhaters

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Adoption, nature ofChoicesBeing ChosenHoliness, Believers' Growth InMonogamyNationalismPeople Of God, In OtGod PossessingTreasureCharacter Of SaintsJews As God's Chosen PeopleA Holy NationRoyal Priesthood

And it shall be if the wicked man have deserved to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness with a certain number of stripes.

Sin, God's Judgment OnAdvice On Beating People

then shall his brother's wife come near to him before the eyes of the elders, and draw his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that will not build up his brother's house.

FacesSpittingSaliva

Thine ox shall be slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine ass shall be snatched away from before thy face, and shall not return to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to recover them.

Killing Domesticated AnimalsLoss Of DonkeysNo HelpRobbing People

And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my God is not in my midst?

AbandonmentAfflictions Of The WickedAnger Of God, ConsequencesReprobatesGod Will Be Angry

And I will entirely hide my face in that day for all the evils that they have wrought, because they turned unto other gods.

God, Revelation OfSin, Effects OfDifferent Gods

And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.

Rejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodGod HidingUnfaithful

And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

GesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and threw dust upon their heads.

Tearing Of ClothesArk Of The Covenant, FunctionEveningClothing, Tearing OfHeadsProstrationSprinklingHumility, Examples OfDust On The HeadThose Who Tore Clothes

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

IndecisionGet Up!

Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face."

Experience, of GodBeing Face To Face With GodThose Who Saw Godgideon

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?

BowingGrace, In Human RelationshipsProstrationGratitudeLoving Foreigners

And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

ProstrationRestoring ThingsThose Who Rose EarlyThings Falling

And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him.

BodyHeadsMorningRising EarlyBeheadingCutting Off Hands And FeetThose Who Rose EarlyThings Fallingstatues

And David put his hand into the bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead; and he fell on his face to the earth.

ForeheadsThrowing StonesSlinging Stones

but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth.

The lad went, and David arose from the side of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times; and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

People KissingKissingSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfSympathyWeepingFriendship, Examples OfKissesTearsActing Three Timesgoodbyes

David also arose afterwards, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

BowingProstration

And when Abigail saw David, she hasted and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

BowingProstrationSalutationsDismountingBowing Before David

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אנף 
'anaph (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

אף 
'aph 
Usage: 276

עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

פּנים 
Paniym 
before , face , presence , because , sight , countenance , from , person , upon , of , ...me , against , ...him , open , for , toward ,
Usage: 2119

ὄψις 
Opsis 
Usage: 2

πρόσωπον 
Prosopon 
face , person , presence , countenance , not tr ,
Usage: 70

στόμα 
Stoma 
Usage: 63

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