Pinnah פִּנָּה
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| פִּנָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | pinnah |
| Strong's number | H6438 (H6438H, H6438G) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | corner |
| Occurrences | 29 in 29 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (4) |
Pinnah (Hebrew פִּנָּה, Strong's H6438) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “corner”. It occurs 29 times in 29 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H6438H: corner
1) corner
1a) corner (of square objects)
1b) corner (of ruler or chief-fig.)
Also means: pen (פֵּן "Corner" H6434)
1a) corner (of square objects)
1b) corner (of ruler or chief-fig.)
Also means: pen (פֵּן "Corner" H6434)
H6438G: Corner (Gate)
This name means corner, to turn, to turn back
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | corner (16), corners (6), chief (2), towers (2), bulwarks (1), stay (1) |
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| BSB | corner (9), corners (6), above the corner (2), cornerstone (2), leaders (1), you leaders (1), street corner (1), its cornerstone (1), her corner (1), cornerstones (1), corner towers (1), their corner towers (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Pinnah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 27:2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
- Exodus 38:2And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
Judges
- Judges 20:2And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 14:38And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 7:34And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 14:13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth–shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
2 Chronicles
- 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.Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
- 2 Chronicles 26:15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
- 2 Chronicles 28:24And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
- 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.After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle and the corner,
- Nehemiah 3:31After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.
- Nehemiah 3:32And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
Job
- Job 1:19And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 38:6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
Psalms
- Psalm 118:22The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 7:8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
- Proverbs 7:12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
- Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
- Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 31:38Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
- Jeremiah 31:40And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
- Jeremiah 51:26And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 43:20And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.
- Ezekiel 45:19And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 1:16A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
- Zephaniah 3:6I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 10:4Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).