Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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Face
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Revelation 22:4
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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פָּנִים
pânîym · paw-neem'
328 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences
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.)
Strong's KJV usage: 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 1:2Strong's last: Zechariah 5:3
Open full H6440 profile →πρόσωπον
prósōpon · pros'-o-pon
51 times translated as this KJV form80 total Strong's occurrences
the front (as being towards view), i.e. the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person
Strong's KJV usage: :--(outward) appearance, X before, countenance, face, fashion, (men's) person, presence.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 6:17Strong's last: Revelation 22:4
Open full G4383 profile →אַף
ʼaph · af
19 times translated as this KJV form273 total Strong's occurrences
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Strong's KJV usage: anger(-gry), before, countenance, face, forebearing, forehead, (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, × worthy, wrath.
Strong's first: Genesis 3:19Strong's last: Ezekiel 38:18
Open full H639 profile →עַיִן
ʻayin · ah'-yin
10 times translated as this KJV form839 total Strong's occurrences
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Strong's KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, ( well), × me, open(-ly), (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 10:5Strong's last: Jeremiah 4:30
Open full H5869 profile →στόμα
stóma · stom'-a
4 times translated as this KJV form83 total Strong's occurrences
the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a weapon)
Strong's KJV usage: :--edge, face, mouth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 John 1:12Strong's last: 3 John 1:14
Open full G4750 profile →μοῦ
moû · moo
1 times translated as this KJV form586 total Strong's occurrences
of me
Strong's KJV usage: :--I, me, mine (own), my.
Strong's first: Acts 2:25Strong's last: Acts 2:25
Open full G3450 profile →ὄψις
ópsis · op'-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
properly, sight (the act), i.e. (by implication) the visage, an external show
Strong's KJV usage: :--appearance, countenance, face.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 11:44Strong's last: John 11:44
Open full G3799 profile →אֲנַף
ʼănaph · an-af'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
the face
Strong's KJV usage: face, visage.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 2:46Strong's last: Daniel 2:46
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H6440
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
H6440
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
H5869
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
H6440
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
H6440
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
H6440
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
H6440
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
H6440
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
H6440
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
H6440
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
H6440
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
H6440
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
H6440
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
H6440
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
H6440
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
H6440
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
English meaning and historical usage.
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face
FACE, noun [Latin , to make.]
1. In a general sense, the surface of a thing, or the side which presents itself to the view of a spectator; as the face of the earth; the face of the waters.
2. A part of the surface of a thing; or the plane surface of a solid. Thus, a cube or die has six faces an octahedron has eight faces.
3. The surface of the fore part of an animals head, particularly of the human head; the visage.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Genesis 3:19.
Joseph bowed himself with his face to the earth. Genesis 48:11.
4. Countenance; cast of features; look; air of the face
We set the best face on it we could.
5. The front of a thing; the forepart; the flat surface that presents itself first to view; as the face of a house. Ezekiel 41:14.
6. Visible state; appearance.
This would produce a new face of things in Europe.
7. Appearance; look.
Nor heaven, nor sea, their former face retained.
His dialogue has the face of probability.
8. State of confrontation. The witnesses were presented face to face
9. Confidence; boldness; impudence; a bold front.
He has the face to charge others with false citations.
10. Presence; sight; as in the phrases, before the face in the face to the face from the face
11. The person.
I had not thought to see thy face Genesis 48:11.
12. In scripture, face is used for anger or favor.
Hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne. Revelations 6.
Make thy face to shine on thy servant. Psalms 31:16.
How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? Psalms 13:1.
Hence, to seek the face that is, to pray to, to seek the favor of.
To set the face against, is to oppose.
To accept ones face is to show him favor or grant his request. So, to entreat the face is to ask favor; but these phrases are nearly obsolete.
13. A distorted form of the face; as in the phrase, to make faces, or to make wry faces.
FACE to face
1. When both parties are present; as, to have accusers face to face Acts 25:16.
2. Nakedly; without the interposition of any other body.
Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face 1 Corinthians 13:12.
FACE, verb transitive
1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.
I'll face this tempest, and deserve the name of king.
2. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front towards. The colleges in New Haven face the public square.
3. To cover with additional superficies; to cover in front; as a fortification faced with marble; to face a garment with silk.
To face down, to oppose boldly or impudently.
FACE, verb intransitive
1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.
To lie, to face to forge.
2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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