H6439G

פְּנוּאֵל

pe.nu.elN:N--L

Peniel

§ Penuel or Peniel = "facing God" the place named by Jacob when he wrestled with God and located on the north bank of the Jabbok close to the Jordan

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

פְּנוּאֵל proper name (face of God, compare GFM^{JU 8, 8}; late Assyrian Panîli Hilpr^{Univ. Pa. Exp. ix. 68}); — Φανουηλ, but in Gen εἶδος (τοῦ) θεοῦ:

1. location east of Jordan, near Jabbok Gen 32:32; Judg 8:8 (twice in verse); Judg 8:9; Judg 8:17; 1Kgs 12:25 = פְּנִיאֵל Gen 32:31: site unknown; see especially Paine^{Bib.Sac.1878,481 ff.}

2. masculine a. in Judah 1Chr 4:4.
b. in Benjamin 1Chr 8:25 Qr (Kt פניאל).

3 occurrences

Judges 8:8
Judges 8:9
Judges 8:17