Peniel

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Peniel is the biblical location where Jacob is said to have wrestled with a divine being and named the place as the face of God.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
palm of Deborah 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical location
place in the Hebrew Bible
associatedWithEvent Jacob wrestling with a divine being
associatedWithFigure Gideon NERFINISHED
God NERFINISHED
Jacob NERFINISHED
associatedWithStructure tower of Penuel
associatedWithTribe tribe of Gad
category Biblical Hebrew place names
Places in the Torah
describedIn Book of Genesis NERFINISHED
etymologyFrom Hebrew word for "face of God"
eventAtLocation Gideon punished the men of Penuel
hasLaterReference Book of Judges NERFINISHED
hasNameVariant Penuel NERFINISHED
hasTheologicalSignificance place of divine encounter
symbol of seeing God and living
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedIn region of Transjordan
locatedNear Jabbok River NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Genesis 32
Judges 8
namedBy Jacob NERFINISHED
nameMeaning "face of God"
partOf Jacob cycle in Genesis NERFINISHED
patriarchal narratives
relatedQuote "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved"
relatedToConcept divine encounter
theophany
wrestling with God

Referenced by (3)

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Deborah heldCourtUnder Peniel
this entity surface form: palm of Deborah
patriarch Jacob placeNamedAfterEvent Peniel
subject surface form: Jacob