Bible Names

Peniel: meaning of the name

Peniel means “face or vision of God; that sees God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Peniel in Hebrew and Greek

פְּנוּאֵל H6439

Pᵉnûwʼêl (pen-oo-ale') — Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites

or (more properly,) פְּנִיאֵל; from H6437 (פָּנָה) and H410 (אֵל); face of God;

Peniel in Scripture

“Peniel” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 32:30

    And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.