פֵּןpên

corner

Pronunciation: pane · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6434

Meanings

1.

a. corner (1 Kings 7:34; 1 Kings 7:30; Exodus 27:2)

b. specifically of wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 3:31; Nehemiah 3:32)

2. figurative of chief, ruler as corner (support or defence) (Judges 20:2; 1 Samuel 14:38; Isaiah 19:13)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • Zechariah 14:10 All the land from Geba, north of Judah, to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become one vast plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up in its original place and will be inhabited all the way from the Benjamin Gate over to the site of the old gate, then to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.

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).