מַקְצוֹעַ maqtsôwaʻ

Meaning

an angle or recess

In the King James Version: corner, turning.

Derivation: or מַקְצֹעַ; or (feminine) מַקְצֹעָה; from H7106 (קָצַע) in the denominative sense of bending;

Where it is used

• Exodus 26:24 coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.
• Exodus 36:29 coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.
• 2 Chronicles 26:9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
• Nehemiah 3:19 And next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, near the angle in the wall.
• Nehemiah 3:20 Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
• Nehemiah 3:24 After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle and the corner,
• Nehemiah 3:25 and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
• Ezekiel 41:22 There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
• Ezekiel 46:21 Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.
• Ezekiel 46:22 In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. Each of the four corner areas had the same dimensions.