Corner
זָוִיתStrong’s H2106zavit (za-vit)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zavit is the Hebrew word usually translated “like corners” and “like corners of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.”
Meaning
- Corner
How it's translated
- like corners 1
- like corners of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Zechariah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
זָוִית zavit · corner
corner
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “corner” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CORNER, noun
[See Horn and Grain.]
- The point where two converging lines meet; properly, the external point; an angle; as, we meet at the corner of the state-house, or at the corner of two streets.
- The interior point where two lines meet; an angle.
- The space between two converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
- An inclosed place; a secret or retired place.“This thing was not done in a corner” Acts 26:26
All definitions
- Indefinitely any part; a part.
- The end, extremity or limit; as the corners of the head or beard. and 19. Leviticus 21:5
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.