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
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
H6440
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
H6440
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
H6440
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
H6440
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
H6440
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
H6440
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
H6440
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
H6440
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
H6440
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
H6440
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
H6440
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
H6440
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
H6440
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
H6440
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
H6440
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
H6440
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
H639
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
H6440
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
H6440
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
H6440
And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
H6440
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
H6440
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
H6440
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
H6440
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
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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