Maqtsôwaʻ — H4740

Definition

masculine noun

an angle or recess

1. place of corner structure, corner buttress, inner corner-buttress
1. corner post, buttress-place, buttress

Usually translated as

turning, corner

Origin

or maqtsôaʻ; or (feminine) maqtsôʻâh; from H7106 in the denominative sense of bending

• Derived from Qâtsaʻ (H7106)

Greek equivalents

• gōnía (G1137)
• kéras (G2768)
• méros (G3313)

Occurrences

Maqtsôwaʻ occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (4), Ezekiel (3)

• 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 be for the two corners (הַמִּקְצֹעֹ֖ת).
• 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 (הַמִּקְצֹעֹֽת).
• 2 Chronicles 26:9 — Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning (הַמִּקְצ֑וֹעַ) 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 (הַמִּקְצֹֽעַ) of the wall.
• Nehemiah 3:20 — After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning (הַ֨מִּקְצ֔וֹעַ) 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 (הַמִּקְצ֖וֹעַ) of the wall, even unto the corner.
• Nehemiah 3:25 — Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning (הַמִּקְצוֹעַ֒) 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.
• Ezekiel 41:22 — The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners (וּמִקְצֹֽעוֹתָיו֙) thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
• Ezekiel 46:21 — Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners (מִקְצוֹעֵ֣י) of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
• 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 (בְּמִקְצֹ֣עַ) there was a court.
• 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 (בְּמִקְצֹ֥עַ) there was a court.
• Ezekiel 46:22 — In the four corners (מִקְצֹע֤וֹת) of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.