מַקְצוֹעַ
maqtsôwaʻ · mak-tso'-ah
an angle or recess
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַקְצֹעַ; or (feminine) מַקְצֹעָה; from H7106 (קָצַע) in the denominative sense of bending;
an angle or recess
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: corner, turning.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › to see and know
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַקְצוֹעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- corners3 · 25%
- the corners1 · 8%
- and at the turning1 · 8%
- at the turning1 · 8%
- from the turning1 · 8%
- unto the turning1 · 8%
- over against the turning1 · 8%
- and the corners1 · 8%
- and, behold, in every1 · 8%
- corner1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.