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- The location Penuel is near the Jordanian tributary Jabbok, where Jacob wrestled with the angel of YHWH and obtained the name Israel (Genesis 32:31). Jacob actually calls the place Peniel, because he had looked upon the Lord " פנים אל־פנים; face (s) upon face (s)" (Genesis 32:30).
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Usage: Penuel, meaning "face of God," is a significant location in the Hebrew Bible. It is the place where Jacob wrestled with a divine being and subsequently named the site to commemorate his encounter with God.
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Bible > Strong's > Hebrew 6439. פְּנוּאֵל (Penuel)...
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Penuel was the name of a clan leader within the tribe of Judah (1 Chron 4:4). He was a descendant of Hur and the progenitor of Gedor. 3. According to 1 Chronicles 8:25, there was a Penuel who was a son of Shashak of the tribe of Benjamin.
Penuel (or Pniel, Pnuel; Hebrew: פְּנוּאֵל Pənūʾēl) is a place described in the Hebrew Bible as being not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok in present-day Jordan. Penuel is mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the site of Jacob's struggle with the angel.
May 5, 2014 · There are two men and one location named Penuel in the Bible (not counting the Hellenized form Phanuel, which occurs one additional time). The location Penuel is near the Jordanian tributary Jabbok, where Jacob wrestled with the angel of YHWH and obtained the name Israel (Genesis 32:31).
In the next verse and elsewhere it appears as "Penuel." The name is said to have been given to the place by Jacob after his night of wrestling by the Jabbok, because, as he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
Face of God, a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan and north of the river Jabbok. It is also called "Peniel." Here Jacob wrestled (Genesis 32:24 -32) "with a man" ("the angel", Hosea 12:4. Jacob says of him, "I have seen God face to face") "till the break of day."
Peniel or Penuel. A town beyond the Jordan, and near the Jabbok; defended by a strong tower, which Gideon broke down because the men of Penuel refused to aid him against the Midianites, Jud 8:8-17. It was restored by Jeroboam I, 1 Kings 12:25.
