Strong's Lexicon

H4740

H4740 — מַקצּוַֹע מַקצּוַֹע מַקצּוֹעָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmaqtsowanoun mascOccurrences: 12TWOT: 2057a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4740
Word:מַקצּוַֹע מַקצּוַֹע מַקצּוֹעָה
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H7106 in the denominative sense of bending
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:12
Transliteration:maqtsowa
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:` (mak-tso'-ah) (or maqtsoa {mak-tso-ah} or (feminine) maqtso-ah {mak-tso-aw'};) n-m.
Meaning:1. an angle or recess
KJV Renderings:corner, turning.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7533

מִקָצֹעַ noun masculine Ezek 46:21 place of corner-structure, (inner) corner-buttress (as (place of) cutting off of an inner angle if √ rightly explained; see RSl.c. 71-81); — absolute ׳ מ Neh 3:19 +, צוֺעַ- Neh 3:20 +; construct צֹעַ- Ezek 46:21 (twice in verse); plural absolute מִקָצֹעֹת Exod 26:24; Exod 36:29, construct עוֺת- Ezek 46:22, מִקְצוֺעֵי Ezek 46:21, also מְקֻצְעֹת Exod 26:23; Exod 36:28 Di (not Pu`al Participle from קָצַע Thes BuhlLex 13 and others), but read probably מִקְצֹעֹת , so SS Baen; suffix מִקְצֹעוֺתָיו Ezek 41:22 - corner-post of altar Ezek 41:22, tabernacle Exod 26:23; Exod 26:24 = Exod 36:28; Exod 36:29 (inner) buttress-place of court, where the small corner-courts were, Ezek 46:21 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:22 of inner (rock- ?) buttress at northeast corner of wall of Jerusalem, ׳ הַמּ, nearly = proper name, Neh 3:19; Neh 3:20; Neh 3:25, also (distinguished from פִּנָּה) Neh 3:24; 2Chr 26:9.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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