Strong H6438H6438Gפִּנָּה
Corner (Gate)
One of the 2 senses of Strong H6438
- Transliteration
- pinnâh
- Pronunciation
- pin-naw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
This name means corner, to turn, to turn back
General definition
Feminine of H6434; an angle; by implication a pinnacle; figuratively a chieftain: - {bulwark} {chief} {corner} {stay} tower.
In the biblical story
Corner Gate
Fortified gate in Jerusalem's wall
The Corner Gate was a fortified gate in Jerusalem's wall, mentioned in connection with repairs and measurements of the city.
In the Bible
Strong H6438G appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- corner3
First verses
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.