פִּנָּה
pinnâh · pin-naw'
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H6434 (פֵּן);
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
- an angle
- by implication, a pinnacle
- figuratively, a chieftain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּנָּה 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- corners6 · 21%
- of the corner3 · 11%
- unto the corner2 · 7%
- the corner2 · 7%
- and the chief1 · 4%
- all the chief1 · 4%
- at the corner1 · 4%
- and upon the bulwarks1 · 4%
- in every corner1 · 4%
- of the wall, even unto the corner1 · 4%
- stone of the corner1 · 4%
- every corner1 · 4%
- in a corner1 · 4%
- in the corner1 · 4%
- even they that are the stay1 · 4%
- corner1 · 4%
- for a corner1 · 4%
- towers1 · 4%
- their towers1 · 4%
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.