Gōnia γωνία

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Gōnia
γωνία
Transliterationgōnia
Strong's numberG1137
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosscorner
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (2)

Gōnia (Greek γωνία, Strong's G1137) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “corner”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

γωνία, -ας, ἡ
(γόνυ), [in LXX chiefly for פִּנָּה ;]
an angle, a corner: Mat.6:5, Act.26:26; τ. τέσσαρας γ. τ. γῆς, Rev.7:1, 20:8; κεφαλὴ γνωνίας (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, Ps 117(118):22, LXX), Mat.21:42, Mrk.12:10, Luk.20:17, Act.4:11, 1Pe.2:7.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcorner (6), corners (2), quarters (1)
BSBcorners (3), cornerstone (3), corner (1)

Verses

Every verse with Gōnia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Peter

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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