Quick Definition
lest
Strong's Definition
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
Derivation: from H6437 (פָּנָה);
KJV Usage: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.
TWOT Reference: 1780
Outline of Biblical Usage
conj
1) lest, not, beware lest
adv
2) lest
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פֶּן־ (pen) — lest. conj 1) lest, not, beware lest adv 2) lest
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פֶּן־ 133 (alw. with Makkeph) conj. (adverting or deprecating), lest with impf.
with Pf., the result feared being conceived as having possibly already taken place
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