face or vision of God
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PHANUEL.The mother of Anna (Luk_2:36).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Phanu'el. (face of God). The father of Anna, the prophetess, of the tribe of Aser. Luk_2:36. (B.C. about 80).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
fan-ū?el, fan?ū́-el (פּנוּאל, penū'ēl, ?vision of God?; Φανουήλ, Phanouḗl): Parent of Anna (Luk_2:36). See PENIEL.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Phanuel
(Φανουήλ, probably a Graecized form of the same Heb. name with Penuel, face of God), a descendant of the tribe of Asher, and father of the prophetess Anna (Luk_2:36). B.C. cir. 80.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.