TBESH · H6435
פֶּן־ · pen · lest
conj 1) lest, not, beware lest adv 2) lest
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pen H6435
פֶּן־ (pen) means “lest” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
פֶּן־ Hebrew · H6435 133 tagged occurrences in 125 verses
Pronunciation guide: pane Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H6437 (פָּנָה); properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
KJV glosses: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.
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How translators render H6435
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| or | 39 |
| lest | 21 |
| otherwise | 19 |
| not | 8 |
| do not | 4 |
| no | 3 |
| may | 2 |
| that you do not | 2 |
| and not | 1 |
| and so that they do not | 1 |
| do not be | 1 |
| do not let | 1 |
| for if | 1 |
| for the chaldeans | 1 |
| i am afraid that | 1 |
| i could not bear | 1 |
| i might | 1 |
| if you do | 1 |
| if you ever | 1 |
| let them not | 1 |
| must not be allowed | 1 |
| not to harbor | 1 |
| perhaps | 1 |
| she does not | 1 |
| since he thought to himself | 1 |
| so do not | 1 |
| so no one | 1 |
| so that you could not | 1 |
| so that you do not | 1 |
| so that you will not | 1 |
| so you cannot | 1 |
| that | 1 |
| that no one | 1 |
| that you are not | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| will not | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| it lest | 1 |
| lest peradventure | 1 |
| not | 1 |
| peradventure | 1 |
Verses containing H6435
Page 1 of 3. 125 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 3:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
Read word by word - Genesis 3:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
Read word by word - Genesis 11:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Read word by word - Genesis 19:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Read word by word - Genesis 19:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
Read word by word - Genesis 19:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Read word by word - Genesis 24:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
Read word by word - Genesis 26:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
Read word by word - Genesis 26:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
Read word by word - Genesis 31:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
Read word by word - Genesis 31:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
Read word by word - Genesis 32:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.12
- Genesis 38:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
Read word by word - Genesis 38:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
Read word by word - Genesis 42:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
Read word by word - Genesis 44:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
Read word by word - Genesis 45:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
Read word by word - Exodus 1:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Read word by word - Exodus 5:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
Read word by word - Exodus 13:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
Read word by word - Exodus 19:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
Read word by word - Exodus 19:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
Read word by word - Exodus 19:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”
Read word by word - Exodus 20:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
Read word by word - Exodus 23:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
Read word by word - Exodus 23:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
Read word by word - Exodus 33:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
Read word by word - Exodus 34:12
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
Read word by word - Exodus 34:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
Read word by word - Leviticus 10:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.
Read word by word - Numbers 16:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
Read word by word - Numbers 16:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
Read word by word - Numbers 20:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 6:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 6:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 7:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 7:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 8:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 8:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 9:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 11:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 12:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 12:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 12:30
· BSB · 2 occurrences
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 15:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 19:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
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