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face

Meaning of “face”

The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:2

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Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 21:29 · retained source text

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the vpright, he directeth his way.

1611 marginal noteOr, considereth.

Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 24:31 · retained source text

And loe, it was all growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall therof was broken downe:

Proverbs 27:19
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 27:19 · retained source text

As in water face answereth to face: so the heart of man to man.

Ecclesiastes 8:1
WHO is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 8:1 · retained source text

¶ Who is as the Wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a mans wisedome maketh his face to shine, and the boldnes of his face shalbe changed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the strength.

1611 marginal noteProu.17.24.

Isaiah 6:2
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 6:2 · retained source text

Aboue it stood the Seraphims: each one had sixe wings, with twaine he couered his face, and with twaine hee couered his feete, and with twaine hee did flie.

Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 8:17 · retained source text

And I wil wait vpon the LORD that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I will looke for him.

Isaiah 14:21
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 14:21 · retained source text

Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquitie of their fathers, that they doe not rise nor possesse the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

1611 marginal noteExo.20.5. mat.23.35.

Isaiah 16:4
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 16:4 · retained source text

Let mine outcasts dwel with thee, Moab, be thou a couert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressours are consumed out of the land.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wringer.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the treaders downe.

Isaiah 23:17
¶ And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 23:17 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe after the ende of seuentie yeeres, that the LORD will visite Tyre, and shee shall turne to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdomes of the world vpon the face of the earth.

Isaiah 25:7
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 25:7 · retained source text

And he wil destroy in this mountaine the face of the couering cast ouer all people, and the vaile that is spread ouer all nations.

1611 marginal noteHeb. swallow vp.

1611 marginal noteHebr. couered.

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