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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54 occurrences in 42 verses.
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Genesis
4945 verses
Exodus
2218 verses
Leviticus
77 verses
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1916 verses
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33 verses
Judges
21 verses
Ruth
11 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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21 verses
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1616 verses
Lamentations
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11 verses
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32 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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21 verses
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21 verses
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66 verses
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
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
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He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
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<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
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For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
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This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
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When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
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When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
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Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
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LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
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The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
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My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
H6440
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
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<<To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song.>> God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
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And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
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Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
H6440
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
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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