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Lexicon :: Strong's G1137 - gōnia

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γωνία
Transliteration
gōnia (Key)
Pronunciation
go-nee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to γόνυ (G1119)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:791,137

Strong’s Definitions

γωνία gōnía, go-nee'-ah; probably akin to G1119; an angle:—corner, quarter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G1137 in the following manner: corner (8x), quarter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G1137 in the following manner: corner (8x), quarter (1x).

  1. corner

    1. an external angle, a corner

    2. internal corner, i.e. a secret place

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γωνία gōnía, go-nee'-ah; probably akin to G1119; an angle:—corner, quarter.
STRONGS G1137:
γωνία, -ας, ἡ, [from Herodotus down], an angle, i. e.
a. an external angle, corner (German Ecke): τῶν πλατειῶν, Matthew 6:5; κεφαλὴ γωνίας, Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7 (פִּנָּה רֹאשׁ, Psalm 117:22 (Ps. 118:22), the head of the corner, i. e. the cornerstone, (ἀκρογωνιαῖος, which see); αἱ τέσσαρες γωνίαι τῆς γῆς, the four extreme limits of the earth, Revelation 7:1; Revelation 20:8.
b. like German Winkel, Latin angulus, English (internal) corner, equivalent to a secret place: Acts 26:26 (so Plato, Gorgias, p. 485 d. βίον βιῶναι ἐν γωνίᾳ, Epictetus diss. 2, 12, 17; [for other examples see Wetstein on Acts, the passage cited; Stallbaum on Plato, the passage cited]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
118:22
Matthew
6:5; 21:42
Mark
12:10
Luke
20:17
Acts
4:11; 26:26
1 Peter
2:7
Revelation
7:1; 20:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1137 matches the Greek γωνία (gōnia),
which occurs 31 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - And thou shalt make two posts on the corners of the tabernacle behind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - And it shall be equal below, they shall be equal toward the same part from the heads to one joining; so shalt thou make to both the two corners, let them be equal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - And thou shalt make the horns on the four corners; the horns shall be of the [fn]same piece, and thou shalt overlay them with brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - And Saul said, Bring hither all the [fn]chiefs of Israel, and know and see by whom this sin has been committed this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - (LXX 7:20) The four side-pieces were at the four corners of each base; its shoulders were formed of the base.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Joas king of Israel took Amessias the son of Joas the son of Ochozias, in Bæthsamys; and he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, beginning at the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And he set the sea at the corner of the house on the right, as it were fronting the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joas king of Israel took prisoner Amasias king of Juda, son of Joas, son of Joachaz, in Bæthsamys, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he pulled down part of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem, both at the gate of the corner and at the valley gate, and at the corners, and he fortified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by a wise contriver, to be upon the towers and upon the corners, to cast darts and great stones: and the fame of their preparation was heard at a distance; for he was wonderfully helped, till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - And Achaz removed the vessels of the house of the Lord, and cut them in pieces, and shut the doors of the house of the Lord, and made to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And next to him repaired Azur the son of Joshua, ruler of Masphai, another portion of the tower of ascent, where it meets the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him repaired Baruch the son of Zabu, a second portion, from the corner as far as the door of the house of Eliasub the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - After him repaired Bani the son of Adad, another portion from the house of Azaria as far as the corner and to the turning,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - of Phalach the son of Uzai, opposite the corner, and where is also the tower that projects from the king's house, even the upper one of the prison-house: and after him repaired Phadaea the son of Phoros.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - suddenly a great wind came on from the desert, and caught the four corners of the house, and the house fell upon thy children, and they are dead; and I have escaped alone, and am come to tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - (LXX 117:22) [fn] The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8 - and speaking, in the dark of the evening,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - For at one time she wanders without, and at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - It is better to dwell in a corner [fn]on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 - It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - (LXX 38:38) Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Anameel to the gate of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - (LXX 38:40) And all the Asaremoth even to Nachal Kedron, as far as the corner of the horse-gate eastward, shall be holiness to the Lord; and it shall not fail any more, and shall not be destroyed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 - (LXX 28:26) And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation for ever, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - And he measured the length of the partition in front of the space left by the back parts of that house; and the spaces left on this side and on that side were in length a hundred cubits: and the temple and the corners and the outer porch were ceiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - And they shall take of its blood, and shall put it on the four horns of the altar, and upon the four corners of the propitiatory, and upon the base round about, and they shall make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - And the priest shall take of the blood of the atonement, and put it on the thresholds of the house, and upon the four corners of the temple, and upon the altar, and upon the thresholds of the gate of the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or dwelling in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - compassing all the earth, and the wilderness from Gabe unto Remmon south of Jerusalem. And Rama shall remain in its place. From the gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate, to the gate of the corners, and to the tower of Anameel, as far as the king's wine-presses,
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