H6439I

פְּנוּאֵל

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Penuel

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.25; son of: Shashak (H8349); brother of: Ishpan (H3473), Eber (H5677J), Eliel (H0447I), Abdon (H5658I), Zichri (H2147I), Hanan (H2605), Hananiah (H2608O), Elam (H5867), Anthothijah (H6070) and Iphdeiah (H3301) § Penuel or Peniel = "facing God" 1) a Benjamite, son of Shashak, brother of Iphedeiah of the family of Saul 2) son of Hur, father of Gedor, and a descendant of Judah 3) 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).

1 occurrence

I Chronicles 8:25