H6438 - פִּנָּה (pinnâh)

H6438 פִּנָּה (pinnâh) pin-naw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

Corner (Gate)

Biblical Persons & Places

Corner_Gate Corner Gate= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)

A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at 2Ki.14.13; referred to as Corner Gate (פִּנָּה), or Corner (פָּנָה), or Corner (Gate) (פֵּן).

Strong's Definition

an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain

Derivation: feminine of H6434 (פֵּן);

KJV Usage: bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.

TWOT Reference: 1783a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) corner

1a) corner (of square objects)

1b) corner (of ruler or chief-fig.)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G204 G1137 G2824

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

This name means corner, to turn, to turn back

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פִּנָּה pinnâh BDB Definition: 1) corner 1a) corner (of square objects) 1b) corner (of ruler or chief figuratively) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6434 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1783a Total KJV Occurrences: 29

Bible Occurrences (29)

27:2 38:2

20:2

14:38

7:34

14:13

26:9 26:15 28:24

3:24 3:31 3:32

1:19 38:6

118:22

7:8 7:12 21:9 25:24

19:13 28:16

31:38 31:40 51:26

43:20 45:19

1:16 3:6

10:4

Exodus 27:2

Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

Exodus 38:2

He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns [and altar] were of one piece, and he overlaid [the altar] with bronze.

Judges 20:2

The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 {}...... men on foot, armed with swords.

1 Samuel 14:38

Therefore Saul said, Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate... how this sin has occurred today.

1 Kings 7:34

Each stand had four handles, [one for each] corner, projecting from the stand.

2 Kings 14:13

There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate — [a section of] four hundred cubits.

2 Chronicles 26:9

Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner... Gate, the Valley... Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.

2 Chronicles 26:15

And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones [from] the towers and corners. So his fame spread far [and wide], for he was helped tremendously until... he became powerful.