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Lexicon :: Strong's H6437 - pānâ

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פָּנָה
Transliteration
pānâ
Pronunciation
paw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1782

Strong’s Definitions

פָּנָה pânâh, paw-naw'; a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.:—appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x

The KJV translates Strong's H6437 in the following manner: turn (53x), look (42x), prepare (6x), regard (4x), respect (4x), look back (4x), turn away (2x), turn back (2x), miscellaneous (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x
The KJV translates Strong's H6437 in the following manner: turn (53x), look (42x), prepare (6x), regard (4x), respect (4x), look back (4x), turn away (2x), turn back (2x), miscellaneous (16x).

  1. to turn

    1. (Qal)

      1. to turn toward or from or away

      2. to turn and do

      3. to turn, decline (of day)

      4. to turn toward, approach (of evening)

      5. to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for

    2. (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to turn

      2. to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back

    4. (Hophal) to be turned back

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּנָה pânâh, paw-naw'; a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.:—appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).
STRONGS H6437: Abbreviations
פָּנָה 135 verb turn (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac bdb081501, Targum מְּנָא; Ethiopic bdb081502: Arabic bdb081503 pass away, banish; compare Sabean פנה (variously) e.g. CISiv. Nos. 1, 37, 40; Assyrian pânu, face, Phoenician פנם, MI13, 18 לפני, suffix מפני Ezekiel 1:19); —
Qal117 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פ׳ Jeremiah 6:4 +, 2nd person masculine singular פָּנִיתָ 2 Samuel 9:8, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפְנֶה 1 Samuel 13:17 +, וַיִּ֫פֶן Exodus 2:12 +, 3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּ֫פֶן 1 Kings 10:13, 1st person singular וָאֵ֫פֶן Deuteronomy 9:15; Deuteronomy 10:5, 1st person plural וַנֵּ֫פֶן Deuteronomy 2:1 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular פְּנֵה Psalm 25:16 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute פָּנֹה Haggai 1:9; construct לִפְנוֺת Genesis 24:63 +, etc.; Participle פֹּנֶה Deuteronomy 29:17 +, etc.; —
1.
†a. turn toward, אֶל person, literal, Judges 6:14; Isaiah 13:14 = Jeremiah 50:16; Job 21:5 (i.e. attentively); compare of branches Ezekiel 17:6 (in allegory); with עַל of direction Genesis 24:49; figurative with אֶליֿ׳ (in worship), Isaiah 45:22, other gods Hosea 3:1; Deuteronomy 31:18, 20; Leviticus 19:4; for help Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Job 5:1; אֶלאָֿוֶן Job 36:21; with accusative הַמָּקוֺם אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה Ezekiel 10:11; with ה locative 1 Kings 17:3; Deuteronomy 2:3 (+ לָכֶם dativus ethicus [dative of interest]), Songs 6:1; with דֶּרֶךְ 1 Samuel 13:18 (twice in verse); Job 24:18, אֶלדֿ׳ Judges 20:42; 1 Samuel 13:17; figurative לְדֶרֶךְ Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 56:11; with accusative כֹּל אֲשֶׁריִֿפְנֶה 1 Samuel 14:47, so, + שָׁם, figurative 1 Kings 2:3, i.e. whatever thou undertakest, אֶלכָּֿלאֲֿשֶׁר יִפְנֶה Proverbs 17:8.
†b. turn from, מִן local Genesis 18:22, figurative, of heart, with מֵעִם י׳ Deuteronomy 29:17, absolute = turn away Deuteronomy 30:17; in phrase עֹרֶף פ׳ turn (with) the back (compare ראה עֹרֶף) Jeremiah 18:17), + לִפְנֵי, Joshua 7:12 (of flight), figurative, + אֶליֿ׳, Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33.
c. turn and do a thing, literal (especially + verb of motion) Numbers 21:33; Deuteronomy 1:7, 24; Judges 18:21; 1 Kings 10:13 + 17 times; to do a thing (infinitive) † Ecclesiastes 2:12.
†d.turn, decline, of day Jeremiah 6:4, days of life Psalm 90:9.
†e. turn toward, approach, of evening, לִפְנוֺת עָ֑רֶב Genesis 24:63; Deuteronomy 23:12; of morning, (הַ)בֹּקֶר לִפ׳ Exodus 14:27; Judges 19:26; Psalm 46:6 (figurative).
†2.
a. turn and look, look, literal, אֶל person Numbers 12:10; 2 Chronicles 20:24; 26:20, וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה Exodus 2:12; with לְמָ֑עְלָה Isaiah 8:21 absolute look (back) 2 Chronicles 13:14; with אַתֲרִי look behind one (and see, or say), Joshua 8:20; Judges 20:40; 2 Samuel 1:7; 2 Samuel 2:20; 2 Kings 2:24, look after anotber Ezekiel 29:16 (figurative for seek alliance with); with אֶל of direction Exodus 16:10; Numbers 17:7.
b. of inanimate things, face, with אֶל location Joshua 15:7, usually of facing points of compass, with ה locative 1 Kings 7:25 (4 times in verse) = 2 Chronicles 4:4 (4 times in verse), Joshua 15:2; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 46:19, but also with קָדִים Ezekiel 43:17; Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 46:1, 12; Ezekiel 47:2, compare Ezekiel 43:1.
c. especially figurativelook at,אֶלֿ person, regard,
(1) graciously 2 Samuel 9:8; of י׳ Ezekiel 36:9; Leviticus 26:9; 2 Kings 13:23; Psalm 40:5, + חָנַן Psalm 25:16; Psalm 69:17; Psalm 86:16; Psalm 119:132; with אֶלתְּֿפִלָּה 1 Kings 8:28 2 Chronicles 6:19; Psalm 102:18, אֶלמִֿנְחָה Numbers 16:15; Malachi 2:13;
(2) sternly, אֶלקְֿשִׁי הָעָם Deuteronomy 9:27.
d. look for (אֶל of thing) = expect Haggai 1:9.
e. figurative look at (ב of thing) = consider Ecclesiastes 2:11. — 2 Chronicles 25:23 see פִּנָּה.
† Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פִּנָּה Zephaniah 3:15, etc.; Imperative masculine plural פַּנּוּ Isaiah 40:3 + 2 times; — turn away, put out of the way, with accusative of person Zephaniah 3:15 (|| הֵסִיר); hence make clear, with accusative הַבַּיִת, i.e. clear away things scattered about, make orderly, German 'aufräumen' Genesis 24:31; empty it Leviticus 14:36; figurative, with accusative דֶּרֶךְ make clear, free from obstacles, Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 62:10; Malachi 3:1; accusative omitted clear away (ground) before it, i.e. to plant it Psalm 80:10 (figurative).
† Hiph. (especially Jeremiah) Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִפְנָה Jeremiah 48:39, 3rd person feminine singular הִפְנְתָה Jeremiah 49:24, etc.; Imperfect וַיֶּ֫פֶן Judges 15:4; Infinitive construct suffix הַפְנֹתוֺ 1 Samuel 10:9; Participle מַפְנֶה Nahum 2:9; —
1. turn, with accusative וַיֶּפֶן זָנָב אֶלזָֿנָב Judges 15:4, עֹרֶף Jeremiah 48:39 (compare הפך Joshua 7:8), שִׁכְמוֺ לָלֶכֶת 1 Samuel 10:9.
2. make a turn, shew (signs of) turning, + נָסוּ Jeremiah 46:21, לָנוּם Jeremiah 49:24; opposed to נָסוּ Jeremiah 46:5, compare Nahum 2:9; + אֶל person Nah 47:3.
† Hoph. Imperative masculine plural הָפְנוּ Jeremiah 49:8 (Ges§ 46a, N.) be ye turned back! (in flight, + נֻסוּ); Participle מָפְנֶה צָפ֫וֺנָה Ezekiel 9:2 the gate...`which is faced northward (compare Qal 2 b.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:22; 24:31; 24:49; 24:63; 24:63

Exodus

2:12; 2:12; 14:27; 16:10

Leviticus

14:36; 19:4; 19:31; 20:6; 26:9

Numbers

12:10; 16:15; 17:7; 21:33

Deuteronomy

1:7; 1:24; 2:1; 2:3; 9:15; 9:27; 10:5; 23:12; 29:17; 29:17; 30:17; 31:18; 31:20

Joshua

7:8; 7:12; 8:20; 15:2; 15:7

Judges

6:14; 15:4; 15:4; 18:21; 19:26; 20:40; 20:42

1 Samuel

10:9; 10:9; 13:17; 13:17; 13:18; 14:47

2 Samuel

1:7; 2:20; 9:8; 9:8

1 Kings

2:3; 7:25; 8:28; 10:13; 10:13; 17:3

2 Kings

2:24; 13:23

2 Chronicles

4:4; 6:19; 13:14; 20:24; 25:23; 26:20

Job

5:1; 21:5; 24:18; 36:21

Psalms

25:16; 25:16; 40:5; 46:6; 69:17; 80:10; 86:16; 90:9; 102:18; 119:132

Proverbs

17:8

Ecclesiastes

2:11; 2:12

Song of Songs

6:1

Isaiah

8:21; 13:14; 40:3; 40:3; 45:22; 53:6; 56:11; 57:14; 62:10

Jeremiah

2:27; 6:4; 6:4; 18:17; 32:33; 46:5; 46:21; 48:39; 48:39; 49:8; 49:24; 49:24; 50:16

Ezekiel

1:19; 8:3; 9:2; 10:11; 17:6; 29:16; 36:9; 43:1; 43:17; 44:1; 46:1; 46:12; 46:19; 47:2

Hosea

3:1

Nahum

2:9; 2:9

Zephaniah

3:15; 3:15

Haggai

1:9; 1:9

Malachi

2:13; 3:1

H6437

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Strong's Number H6437 matches the Hebrew פָּנָה (pānâ),
which occurs 135 times in 128 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Sa 10:9–Jer 6:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 - And it was so, that when he had turned H6437 his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17 - And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned H6437 unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - And another company turned H6437 the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned H6437 to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned H6437 himself, he vexed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:7 - And when he looked H6437 behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:20 - Then Abner looked H6437 behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look H6437 upon such a dead dog as I am?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest H6437 thyself:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking H6437 toward the north, and three looking H6437 toward the west, and three looking H6437 toward the south, and three looking H6437 toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:28 - Yet have thou respect H6437 unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned H6437 and went to her own country, she and her servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:3 - Get thee hence, and turn H6437 thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - And he turned H6437 back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned H6437 and went away in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect H6437 unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - And as Josiah turned H6437 himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking H6437 toward the north, and three looking H6437 toward the west, and three looking H6437 toward the south, and three looking H6437 toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:19 - Have respect H6437 therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14 - And when Judah looked back, H6437 behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24 - And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked H6437 unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner H6437 gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked H6437 upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:1 - Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? H6437

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:28 - Now therefore be content, look H6437 upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:5 - Mark H6437 me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 - He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth H6437 not the way of the vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Take heed, regard H6437 not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 - Turn H6437 thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth H6437 not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:5 - God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right H6437 early.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 - Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn H6437 unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - Thou preparedst H6437 room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 - O turn H6437 unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9 - For all our days are passed away H6437 in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:17 - He will regard H6437 the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:132

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 - Look H6437 thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, H6437 it prospereth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked H6437 on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - And I turned H6437 myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:1 - Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? H6437 that we may seek him with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look H6437 upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:14 - And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn H6437 to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare H6437 ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 - Look H6437 unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:6 - All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned H6437 every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look H6437 to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:14 - And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare H6437 the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:10 - Go through, go through the gates; prepare H6437 ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned H6437 their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, H6437 for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

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