פִּנָּה pinnah

Hebrew word for “corner” · Strong’s H6438 · used 29 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

1) corner; 1a) corner (of square objects); 1b) corner (of ruler or chief-fig.); Also means: pen (פֵּן "Corner" H6434)

Senses in the lexicon

• corner (26)
• Corner (Gate) (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for pinnah in context, with how often each is used:

• corner 18
• corners 11

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 3 (3), 2 Chronicles 26 (2), Proverbs 7 (2), Jeremiah 31 (2), Exodus 27 (1), Exodus 38 (1), Judges 20 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 1 Kings 7 (1), 2 Kings 14 (1)

Forms

• פנות 6
• הפנה 6
• פנה 5
• פנת 5
• פנתיו 2
• הפנות 2
• פנתה 1
• לפנה 1
• פנותם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pinnah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַרְבַּע arba “four” 8
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 7
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 5
• חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 5
• מִגְדָּל migdal “tower” 3
• קֶרֶן qeren “horn” 3
• חֲבַר chavar “fellow” 2
• עֲזָרָה azarah “enclosure” 2
• מִקְצֹעַ maqtsoa “corner” 2
• מִדְיָן midyan “contention” 2
• מִן־ min “from” 5
• עַד ad “till” 5

Key verses

The verses using pinnah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 27:2 — And 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.
• 1 Samuel 14:38 — And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
• 2 Kings 14:13 — And 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…
• Job 1:19 — And, 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…
• Psalms 118:22 — The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
• Isaiah 19:13 — The 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.
• Isaiah 28:16 — Therefore 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…
• Jeremiah 31:38 — Behold, 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.
• Jeremiah 31:40 — And 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,…
• Zephaniah 1:16 — A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
• Zephaniah 3:6 — I 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,…
• Zechariah 10:4 — Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

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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.