מַקְצוֹעַmaqtsôwaʻ
an angle or recess
Pronunciation: mak-tso'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4740
Meanings
place of corner-structure, (inner) corner-buttress, corner-post, buttress-place, as (place of) cutting off of an inner angle if √ rightly explained, nearly = proper name (Ezekiel 46:21; Nehemiah 3:19; Nehemiah 3:20; Exodus 26:24; Exodus 36:29)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 26:24 These corner frames will be matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Make both of these corner units the same way.
- Exodus 36:29 These corner frames were matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Both of these corner units were made the same way.
- 2 Chronicles 26:9 Uzziah built fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the angle in the wall.
- Nehemiah 3:19 Next to them, Ezer son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section of wall across from the ascent to the armory near the angle in the wall.
- Nehemiah 3:20 Next to him was Baruch son of Zabbai, who zealously repaired an additional section from the angle to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
- Nehemiah 3:24 Next was Binnui son of Henadad, who rebuilt another section of the wall from Azariah’s house to the angle and the corner.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).