Corner

The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). Corners in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the "promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the" "corners of Moab denotes the whole land of Moab. The "corner of" "a field" (Lev. 19:9; 23:22) is its extreme part, which was not" to be reaped. The Jews were prohibited from cutting the "corners, i.e., the extremities, of the hair and whiskers" "running round the ears (Lev. 19:27; 21:5). The "four corners of" "the earth" in Isa. 11:12 and Ezek. 7:2 denotes the whole land." "The "corners of the streets" mentioned in Matt. 6:5 means the" angles where streets meet so as to form a square or place of public resort. "The corner gate of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 26:9) was on the north-west side of the city. "Corner-stone (Job 38:6; Isa. 28:16), a block of great importance "in binding together the sides of a building. The "head of the" "corner" (Ps. 118:22, 23) denotes the coping, the "coign of" "vantage", i.e., the topstone of a building. But the word "corner" "stone" is sometimes used to denote some person of rank and" "importance (Isa. 28:16). It is applied to our Lord, who was set" "in highest honour (Matt. 21:42). He is also styled "the chief" "corner stone" (Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:6-8). When Zechariah (10:4)," "speaking of Judah, says, "Out of him came forth the corner," he" is probably to be understood as ultimately referring to the "Messiah as the "corner stone." (See [129]TEMPLE, SOLOMON'S.)"