Topic
Face
76 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 27:8Easton · ISBE
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
- Isaiah 6:2ISBE · Nave Covering of
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
- Genesis 3:8Easton
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 16:6Easton
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
- Genesis 16:8Easton
And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
- Exodus 2:15Easton
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
- Exodus 3:6ISBE
Moreover 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 upon God.
- Exodus 23:3ISBE
¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
- Exodus 33:14Easton
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- Exodus 33:15Easton
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
- Exodus 34:29–35Nave Transfiguring of — Moses
¶ And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. And when Aaron and all the…
- Leviticus 19:15ISBE
¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
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- Numbers 22:5 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 1:17 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 6:15 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 16:19 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 32:20 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 19:4 ISBE
- 1 Kings 8:38 Easton
- 1 Kings 8:44 Easton
- 1 Kings 8:48 Easton
- 1 Kings 19:13 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 ISBE
- Esther 7:8 ISBE
- Job 15:27 ISBE
- Job 34:29 ISBE
- Psalms 10:11 ISBE
- Psalms 13:1 ISBE
- Psalms 17:15 Easton
- Psalms 24:6 ISBE
- Psalms 27:9 ISBE
- Psalms 30:7 ISBE
- Psalms 44:3 Easton
- Psalms 51:9 ISBE
- Psalms 51:11 ISBE
- Psalms 68:1 Easton
- Psalms 88:14 ISBE
- Psalms 105:4 ISBE
- Psalms 140:13 ISBE
- Psalms 143:7 ISBE
- Proverbs 7:15 ISBE
- Proverbs 21:29 ISBE
- Proverbs 23:1–35 ISBE
- Proverbs 24:1–34 ISBE
- Proverbs 28:21 ISBE
- Proverbs 29:26 ISBE
- Isaiah 3:9 Nave Character revealed in
- Isaiah 50:7 ISBE
- Isaiah 54:8 ISBE
- Isaiah 59:2 ISBE
- Isaiah 65:3 Easton
- Jeremiah 2:27 ISBE
- Jeremiah 5:3 ISBE
- Jeremiah 18:17 ISBE
- Jeremiah 32:33 ISBE
- Jeremiah 33:5 ISBE
- Ezekiel 3:9 ISBE
- Ezekiel 12:6 ISBE
- Ezekiel 12:12 ISBE
- Ezekiel 14:6 ISBE
- Ezekiel 39:14 ISBE
- Ezekiel 39:23 ISBE
- Daniel 6:10 Easton
- Daniel 9:17 Easton
- Hosea 5:15 ISBE
- Micah 3:4 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 4:4 ISBE
- Matthew 6:16 Nave Disfiguring of, in fasting
- Matthew 17:2 Nave Transfiguring of — Jesus
- Matthew 18:10 Easton
- Luke 1:19 Easton
- Luke 9:29 Nave Transfiguring of — Jesus
- John 1:14 Easton
- John 1:18 Easton
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Easton
- Revelation 6:16 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 22 references
Means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from the “face [R.V., ‘presence’] of the Lord God” (Gen. 3:8; comp. Ex. 33:14, 15, where the same Hebrew word is rendered “presence”). The “light of God’s countenance” is his favour (Ps. 44:3; Dan. 9:17). “Face” signifies also anger, justice, severity (Gen. 16:6, 8; Ex. 2:15; Ps. 68:1; Rev. 6:16). To “provoke God to his face” (Isa. 65:3) is to sin against him openly.
The Jews prayed with their faces toward the temple and Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:38, 44, 48; Dan. 6:10). To “see God’s face” is to have access to him and to enjoy his favour (Ps. 17:15; 27:8). This is the privilege of holy angels (Matt. 18:10; Luke 1:19). The “face of Jesus Christ” (2 Cor. 4:6) is the office and person of Christ, the revealer of the glory of God (John 1:14, 18).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 51 references
fas: In Hebrew the translation of three expressions:
(1) panim
(2) `ayin, literally, "eye" and
(3) 'aph, literally, "nose," "nostril," already noted under the word COUNTENANCE, which see.
The first and second of these words are used synonymously, even in metaphorical expressions, as, for example in the phrase "the face of the earth," where panim is used (De 6:15 et passim) and `ayin (Nu 22:5 et passim). The third expression preserves more clearly its original meaning. It is generally used in the phrases "to bow one's self to the earth," "to fall on one's face," where the nose actually touched the ground. Often "my face," "thy face" is mere oriental circumlocution for the personal pronoun "I," "me," "thou," "thee." "In thy face" means "in thy presence;" and is often so translated. A very large number of idiomatic Hebrew expressions have been introduced into our language through the medium of the Bible translation. We notice the most important of these phrases.
"To seek the face" is to seek an audience with a prince or with God, to seek favor (Ps 24:6; 27:8; 105:4; Pr 7:15; Ho 5:15; compare Pr 29:26, where the Revised Version (British and American) translates "Many seek the ruler's favor," literally, many seek the face (Hebrew pene) of a ruler).
If God "hides his face" He withdraws His presence, His favor (De 32:20; Job 34:29; Ps 13:1; 30:7; 143:7; Isa 54:8; Jer 33:5; Eze 39:23,14; Mic 3:4). Such withdrawal of the presence of God is to be understood as a consequence of man's personal disobedience, not as a wrathful denial of God's favor (Isa 59:2). God is asked to "hide his face," i.e. to disregard or overlook (Ps 51:9; compare Ps 10:11). This is also the idea of the prayer: "Cast me not away from thy presence" (literally, "face," Ps 51:11), and of the promise: "The upright shall dwell in thy presence" (literally, "face," Ps 140:13). If used of men, "to hide the face" expresses humility and reverence before an exalted presence (Ex 3:6; Isa 6:2); similarly Elijah "wrapped his face in his mantle" when God passed by (1Ki 19:13). The "covering of the face" is a sign of mourning (2Sa 19:4 = Eze 12:6,12); a "face covered with fatness" is synonymous with prosperity and arrogance (Job 15:27); to have one's face covered by another person is a sign of hopeless doom, as if one were already dead. This was done to Human, when judgment had been pronounced over him (Es 7:8).
"To turn away one's face" is a sign of insulting indifference or contempt (2Ch 29:6; Eze 14:6; Sirach 4:4; compare Jer 2:27; 18:17; 32:33); on the part of God an averted face is synonymous with rejection (Ps 13:1; 27:9; 88:14).
"To harden the face" means to harden one's self against any sort of appeal (Pr 21:29; Isa 50:7; Jer 5:3; compare Eze 3:9).
See also SPIT.
In this connection we also mention the phrase "to respect persons," literally, to "recognize the face" (Le 19:15, or, slightly different in expression, De 1:17; 16:19; Pr 24; 23; 28:21), in the sense of unjustly favoring a person, or requiting him with undue evil. Compare also the Hebrew hadhar (Ex 23:3 the King James Version), "to countenance" (see under the word).
The "showbread" meant literally, "bread of the face," "of the presence," Hebrew lechem panim; Greek artoi enopioi, artoi tes protheseos.
H. L. E. Luering
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.