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Lexicon :: Strong's H6438 - pinnâ

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פִּנָּה
Transliteration
pinnâ
Pronunciation
pin-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1783a

Strong’s Definitions

פִּנָּה pinnâh, pin-naw'; feminine of H6434; an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain:—bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H6438 in the following manner: corner (22x), chief (2x), towers (2x), bulwarks (1x), stay (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H6438 in the following manner: corner (22x), chief (2x), towers (2x), bulwarks (1x), stay (1x).

  1. corner

    1. corner (of square objects)

    2. corner (of ruler or chief - fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פִּנָּה pinnâh, pin-naw'; feminine of H6434; an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain:—bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.
STRONGS H6438: Abbreviations
פִּנָּה 28 noun feminine corner; — absolute פ׳ 2 Kings 14:13 +, construct פִּנַּת Jeremiah 31:40 +; suffix פִּנָּתָהּ Job 38:9, פִּנָּהּ [H6434 Proverbs 7:8] (Ges§ 91 e); plural פִּנּוֹת absolute Zephaniah 1:16; 2 Chronicles 26:15, פִּנִּים [H6434 Zechariah 14:10]; construct פִּנּוֹת 1 Kings 7:34 +, etc.; —
1.
a. corner, of square objects 1 Kings 7:34 + 1 Kings 7:30 (read פִּנּוֹתָיו for פַּעֲמֹתָיו, compare Kit), Exodus 27:2; Exodus 38:2; Ezekiel 43:20; of house Job 1:19, roof Proverbs 7:12; Proverbs 21:9 = Proverbs 25:24; אֶבֶן לְפ׳ Jeremiah 51:26 i.e. a corner-stone; אֶבֶן פ׳ of earth Job 38:9; compare (figurative) Psalm 118:22, and (אבן omitted) Isaiah 28:16; פ׳ = street-corner 2 Chronicles 28:24.
b. specifically of wall of Jerusalem, Nehemiah 3:24 (in southeast), Nehemiah 3:31; Nehemiah 3:32 (northeast); שַׁעַד הַמּ׳ 2 Kings 14:13 + || 2 Chronicles 25:23 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum and most (for MT הַפּוֹנֶה שׁ׳), + (see שַׁעַר); apparently with battlements 2 Chronicles 26:15; of cities in general הַנְּבֹהוֺת הַפּ׳ Zephaniah 1:16; of the nations Zephaniah 3:6.
2. figurative of chief, ruler as corner (support or defence), Judges 20:2; 1 Samuel 14:38; Isaiah 19:13 (read perhaps plural); Zechariah 10:4 (+ יָתֵד which see).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

27:2; 38:2

Judges

20:2

1 Samuel

14:38

1 Kings

7:30; 7:34; 7:34

2 Kings

14:13; 14:13

2 Chronicles

25:23; 26:15; 26:15; 28:24

Nehemiah

3:24; 3:31; 3:32

Job

1:19; 38:9; 38:9

Psalms

118:22

Proverbs

7:12; 21:9; 25:24

Isaiah

19:13; 28:16

Jeremiah

31:40; 51:26

Ezekiel

43:20

Zephaniah

1:16; 1:16; 3:6

Zechariah

10:4

H6438

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6438 matches the Hebrew פִּנָּה (pinnâ),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 - And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot that drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - And Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the people, and know and see how this sin has arisen today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits,[fn] from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he made machines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and to the corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate,[fn] and to the upper chamber of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between the upper chamber of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 - On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8 - passing along the street near her corner,
taking the road to her house

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - now in the street, now in the market,
and at every corner she lies in wait.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 - It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 - The princes of Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of Memphis are deluded;
those who are the cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - therefore thus says the Lord GOD,
“Behold, I am the one who has laid[fn] as a foundation in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city shall be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the LORD. It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 - No stone shall be taken from you for a corner
and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be a perpetual waste,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have cut off nations;
their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
without a man, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:4 - From him shall come the cornerstone,
from him the tent peg,
from him the battle bow,
from him every ruler—all of them together.
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