Discovery Box| (1.00) | (1Pe 2:7) | 3 tn Grk “the head of the corner.” |
| (1.00) | (Zep 3:6) | 2 tn Heb “corner towers”; NEB, NRSV “battlements.” |
| (1.00) | (Amo 3:12) | 2 tn Heb “with a corner of a bed.” |
| (1.00) | (Psa 118:22) | 2 tn Heb “the head of the corner.” |
| (0.82) | (Num 24:17) | 5 tn The word is literally “corners,” but may refer to the corners of the head, and so “skull.” |
| (0.72) | (Exo 26:23) | 1 sn The term rendered “corners” is “an architectural term for some kind of special corner structure. Here it seems to involve two extra supports, one at each corner of the western wall” (N. M. Sarna, Exodus [JPSTC], 170). |
| (0.67) | (2Co 2:12) | 1 sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor. |
| (0.67) | (Num 34:3) | 1 tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South. |
| (0.67) | (Lev 23:22) | 2 tn Heb “you shall not complete the corner of your field in your harvest.” |
| (0.67) | (Lev 19:9) | 2 tn Heb “you shall not complete the corner of your field to harvest.” |
| (0.58) | (Eze 7:2) | 1 tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12). |
| (0.58) | (Exo 26:24) | 1 tn Heb “they will be for the two corners.” This is the last clause of the verse, moved forward for clarity. |
| (0.51) | (Jer 31:38) | 5 sn The Tower of Hananel is referred to in Neh 3:1; 12:39; Zech 14:10. According to the directions given in Neh 3, it was in the northern wall, perhaps in the northeast corner, north of the temple mount. The Corner Gate is mentioned again in 2 Kgs 14:13; 2 Chr 25:23; 26:9; Zech 14:10. It is generally agreed to have been in the northwest corner of the city. |
| (0.50) | (Act 27:7) | 5 sn Salmone was the name of a promontory on the northeastern corner of the island of Crete. This was about 100 mi (160 km) farther along. |
| (0.50) | (Zec 14:10) | 5 sn From the Benjamin Gate…on to the Corner Gate marks the northern wall of the city of Jerusalem from east to west. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 31:40) | 3 sn The Kidron Valley is the valley that joins the Hinnom Valley in the southeastern corner of the city and runs northward on the east side of the city. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 144:12) | 3 tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here and in Zech 9:15, where it refers to the corners of an altar. |
| (0.42) | (Luk 6:7) | 3 sn The term translated watched…closely is emotive, since it carries negative connotations. It means they were watching him out of the corner of their eye or spying on him. |
| (0.42) | (Mar 3:2) | 1 sn The term translated watched…closely is emotive, since it carries negative connotations. It means they were watching him out of the corner of their eye or spying on him. |
| (0.42) | (Mat 23:5) | 3 sn Tassels refer to the tassels that a male Israelite was obligated to wear on the four corners of his outer garment according to the Mosaic law (Num 15:38; Deut 22:12). |
