Strong’s H6435 · Hebrew
פֵּן
pên · pane
Origin from פָּנָה (H6437);
Meaning properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
In the King James Version (lest) (peradventure), that...not.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Genesis 3:3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
- Genesis 24:6And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
- Genesis 31:31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
- Genesis 42:4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.