Corner
מִקְצֹעַStrong’s H4740maqtsoa (maq-tso-a)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maqtsoa is the Hebrew word usually translated “buttress”, “corners” and “corners of”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.”
Meaning
- Angle, part of the fortifications of Jerusalem
- Place of corner structure, corner buttress, inner corner-buttresscorner post, buttress-place, buttress
How it's translated
- the buttress 5
- the corners 2
- corners of 2
- in corner of 2
- and corners its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 4
- Ezekiel 3
- Exodus 2
- 2 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 36:29And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
- 2 Chronicles 26:9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
- Nehemiah 3:19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
- Nehemiah 3:20After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
- Nehemiah 3:24After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
- Nehemiah 3:25Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
Hebrew dictionary
מִקְצֹעַ maqtsoa · Angle
Angle, part of the fortifications of Jerusalem This name means a corner structure, buttress
מִקְצֹעַ maqtsoa · corner
1) place of corner structure, corner buttress, inner corner-buttress 1a) corner post, buttress-place, buttress Also means: me.quts.ah (מְקֻצְעָה "corner" H4742)
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.