פִּנָּהpinnâh
corner
Pronunciation: pin-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6438
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 29 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 27:2 Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze.
- Exodus 38:2 He made horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar were all one piece. He overlaid the altar with bronze.
- Judges 20:2 The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel—400,000 warriors armed with swords—took their positions in the assembly of the people of God.
- 1 Samuel 14:38 Then Saul said to the leaders, “Something’s wrong! I want all my army commanders to come here. We must find out what sin was committed today.
- 1 Kings 7:34 There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart.
- 2 Kings 14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he marched to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet of Jerusalem’s wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
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).