מִקְצֹעַ maqtsoa
Hebrew word for “corner” · Strong’s H4740 · used 12 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) place of corner structure, corner buttress, inner corner-buttress;
Senses in the lexicon
- corner (11)
- Angle (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for maqtsoa in context, with how often each is used:
- corners 5
- buttress 5
- corner 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 4 | 0.8 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Nehemiah 3 (4), Ezekiel 46 (2), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 36 (1), 2 Chronicles 26 (1), Ezekiel 41 (1)
Forms
- המקצוע 4
- המקצעת 2
- במקצע 2
- המקצע 1
- ומקצעותיו 1
- מקצועי 1
- מקצעות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with maqtsoa more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִדָּה middah “measure” 4
- חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 4
- תּוֹאָם taom “twin” 2
- שֵׁנִי sheni “second” 3
- חָצֵר chatser “court” 3
- תָּם tam “complete” 2
- מַטָּה mattah “beneath” 2
- פִּנָּה pinnah “corner” 2
- טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 2
- מִגְדָּל migdal “tower” 2
- אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 2
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 3
Key verses
The verses using maqtsoa that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 26:24 — 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…
- Exodus 36:29 — And 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 26:9 — Moreover 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 3:19 — And 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 3:20 — After 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 3:24 — After 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 3:25 — Palal 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.…
- Ezekiel 41:22 — The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of…
- Ezekiel 46:21 — Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a…
- Ezekiel 46:22 — In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
See all 10 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.