43%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew Scripts פְנוּאֵל(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Means "facing God" in Hebrew. This is the name of two minor characters in the Old Testament. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootspanah + 'elOther Languages & CulturesPhanouel(Biblical Greek) Phanuhel, Phunihel(Biblical Latin) Phanuel(Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend) Categories actions, God, theophoric names