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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 - Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - And he said, “Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - “Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, 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 out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. Neither was his heart moved by this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:6 - ‘They shall fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - “then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes into it to examine the plague, that all that is in the house may not be made unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to examine the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - ‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 - ‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - ‘And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:9 - ‘For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - “Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - Then Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42 - Now it happened, when the congregation had gathered against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tabernacle of meeting; and suddenly the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. So Og king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - ‘Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain,[fn] in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - “And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - ‘But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness of the Way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and we skirted Mount Seir for many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:3 - ‘You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - “And when we passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of the plain, away from Elath and Ezion Geber, we turned and passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - “Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; and Og king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - “So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:27 - ‘Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look on the stubbornness of this people, or on their wickedness or their sin,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - “Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the LORD commanded me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - “And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - “But it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - “so that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:17 - “But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:18 - “And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - “Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to heaven. So they had no power to flee this way or that way, and the people who had fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - Then the border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at En Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - “And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brethren, as He promised them; now therefore, return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - Then Samson went and caught three hundred foxes; and he took torches, turned the foxes tail to tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:21 - Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:26 - Then the children of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and there was the whole city going up in smoke to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - Then they[fn] turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months.

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