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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 1 / 3 (Gen 18:22–Jdg 20:47)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - And he said to him, Come in hither, thou blessed of the Lord, why standest thou without, whereas I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - If then ye will deal mercifully and justly with my lord, tell me, and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63 - And Isaac went forth into the plain toward evening to meditate; and having lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - And Pharao turned and entered into his house, nor did he fix his attention even on this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:6 - And thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of thy servants, and all the houses in all the land of the Egyptians; things which thy fathers have never seen, nor their forefathers, from the day that they were upon the earth until this day. And Moses turned away and departed from Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its place toward day; and the Egyptians fled [fn]from the water, and the Lord shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - And when Aaron spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they turned toward the wilderness, then the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tables of testimony were in his hands, tables of stone written on both their sides: they were written within and without.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and thus none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 - Ye shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with them: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:9 - And I will look upon you, and increase you, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - But Amalec and the Chananite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - And Moses was exceedingly indignant, and said to the Lord, Do thou take no heed to their sacrifice: I have not taken away [fn]the desire of any one of them, neither have I hurt any one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42 - (LXX 17:7) And it came to pass when the congregation combined against Moses and Aaron, that they ran impetuously to the tabernacle of witness; and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - And having returned, they went up the road that leads to Basan; and Og the king of Basan went forth to meet them, and all his people to war to Edrain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and go to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - And they turned and went up to the mountain, and they came as far as the valley of the cluster, and surveyed it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - And ye turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - And we turned and departed into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we compassed mount Seir many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:3 - [fn]Ye have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - And we passed by our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the way of Araba from Ælon and from Gesion Gaber; and we turned and passed by the way of the desert of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - And we turned and went by the way leading to Basan; and Og the king of Basan came out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle at Edraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies were [fn]in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:27 - Remember Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thyself: look not upon the hardness of heart of this people, and their impieties, and their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - And I turned and came down from the mountain, and I put the tables into the ark which I had made; and there they were, as the Lord commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - And thou shalt boil and roast and eat it in the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose; and thou shalt return in the morning, and go to thy [fn]house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - (LXX 23:12) And it shall come to pass toward evening he shall wash his body with water, and when the sun has gone down, he shall go into the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - (LXX 29:17) Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:17 - But if thy heart change, and thou wilt not hearken, and thou shalt go astray and worship other gods, and serve them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:18 - And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy themselves; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their [fn]back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the [fn]high country that extends southward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - And the borders continue on to [fn]the fourth part of the valley of Achor, and go down to Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the Lord our God has given our brethren rest, as he told them: now then return and depart to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the other side Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - And the angel of the Lord turned to him, and said, Go in this thy strength, and thou shalt save Israel out of the hand of Madiam: behold, I have sent thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:21 - So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:26 - And the children of Dan went their way; and Michaias saw that they were stronger than himself, and he returned to his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - And the woman came toward morning, and fell down at the door of the house where her husband was, until it was light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - And the signal went up increasingly over the city as a pillar of smoke; and Benjamin looked behind him, and behold the destruction of the city went up to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Remmon; and the children of Israel [fn]picked off of them five thousand men; and the children of Israel went down after them as far as Gedan, and they smote of them two thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Remmon, even six hundred men; and they sojourned four months in the rock of Remmon.

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