# H6435 פֵּן

פֵּן (pên), Strong’s H6435: properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest KJV: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.. Occurs 133 times.

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*pên* — properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest

KJV: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.

Derived from [פָּנָה pânâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H6437) (to turn)

Occurs 133 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- פֶּן־ 133 (alw. with Makkeph) conj. (adverting or deprecating), lest
- 1 with impf.
- 2 with Pf., the result feared being conceived as having possibly already taken place

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 3:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=3) — but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall…
- [Genesis 3:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=22) — The LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand…
- [Genesis 11:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=4) — They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for…
- [Genesis 19:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=15) — When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are…
- [Genesis 19:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=17) — It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t…
- [Genesis 19:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=19) — See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown…
- [Genesis 24:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=6) — Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.
- [Genesis 26:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=7) — The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest…
- [Genesis 26:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=9) — Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to…
- [Genesis 31:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=24) — God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either…