STRONGS NUMBER H6434


Word Summary
pen: corner
Original Word: פֵן
Transliteration: pen
Phonetic Spelling: (pane)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: corner
Meaning: an angle
Strong's Concordance
corner

From an unused root meaning to turn; an angle (of a street or wall) -- corner.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6434. pen

מִּנָּה28 noun feminine corner; — absolute ׳פ2 Kings 14:13 +, construct מִּנַּתJeremiah 31:40 +; suffix מִּנָּתָהּJob 38:9, מִּנָּהּProverbs 7:8 (Ges§ 91e); plural מִּנּוֺת‎ absolute Zephaniah 1:16; 2 Chronicles 26:15, מִּנִּיםZechariah 14:10; construct מִּנּוֺת1 Kings 7:34 +, etc.; —

1. a. corner, of square objects 1 Kings 7:34 + 7:30 (read מִּנּוֺתָיו‎ for מַּעֲמֹתָיו‎, compare Kit), Exodus 27:2; 38:2; Ezekiel 43:19; of house Job 1:19, roof Proverbs 7:12; 21:9 = 25:24; לְפ ׳אֶבֶןJeremiah 51:26 i.e. a corner-stone; פ ׳אֶבֶן‎ of earth Job 38:9; compare (figurative) Psalm 118:22, and (אבן‎ omitted) Isaiah 28:16; ׳פ‎ = street-corner2 Chronicles 28:24.

b. specifically of wall of Jerusalem, Nehemiah 3:24 (in southeast), 3:31; 3:32 (northeast); הַמּ ׳שַׁעַד2 Kings 14:13 + "" 2 Chronicles 25:23 ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ and most (for ׳שׁ הַמּוֺנֶה ᵑ0‎), + (see שַׁעַר‎); apparently with battlements 26:15; of cities in General ׳הַמּ הַנְּבֹהוֺתZephaniah 1:16; of the nations 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 q. v.).