Lexical Summary Penuel: "face of God", a place East of the Jordan, also two Israelites Original Word: פְנוּאֵלTransliteration: Penuel Phonetic Spelling: (pen-oo-ale') Part of Speech: proper name; location; masculine a. Short Definition: "face of God", a place East of the Jordan, also two Israelites Meaning: Penuel -- "face of God", a place East of the Jordan, also two Israelites Strong's Concordance Peniel, Penuel Or (more properly,) Pniylel {pen-oo-ale'}; from panah and 'el; face of God; Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites -- Peniel, Penuel. see HEBREW panah see HEBREW 'el Brown-Driver-Briggs H6439. Penuel מְּנוּאֵל proper name (face of God, compare GFM JU 8, 8; late Assyrian Panîli HilprUniv. Pa. Exp. ix. 68); — Φανουηλ, but in Gen εἶδος (τοῦ) θεοῦ: 1. location east of Jordan, near Jabbok Genesis 32:32; Judges 8:8 (twice in verse); 8:9, 17; 1 Kings 12:25 = מְּנִיאֵל Genesis 32:31: site unknown; see especially PaineBib.Sac.1878, 481 ff. 2. masculine a. in Judah 1 Chronicles 4:4. b. in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:25 Qr (Kt פניאל). |
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