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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - “You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the [fn]rear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - “They shall be [fn]separated beneath, but together at their completion [fn]at its top, [fn]at the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - “You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be [fn]of the same piece, and you shall overlay it with [fn]bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - And Saul said, “Draw near here, all you [fn]chiefs of the people, and know and see how this sin has happened today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, [fn]400 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And he put the sea on the right [fn]side of the house toward the southeast.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, [fn]400 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the corner buttress and strengthened them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he also made devices of war devised by skillful designers to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his [fn]fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God. Then he cut the utensils of the house of God in pieces; and he closed the doors of the house of Yahweh and made altars for himself in every corner of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the official of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the ascent of the armory at the Angle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the Angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah as far as the Angle and as far as the corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai made repairs in front of the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and touched the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 -

The stone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief corner stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8 -

Passing through the street near her corner;

And he strides along the way to her house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 -

Stepping in the streets, stepping in the squares,

And near every corner she lies in wait.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 -

It is better to live in a corner of a roof

Than [fn]in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 -

It is better to live in a corner of the roof

Than [fn]in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 -

“Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when the city will be rebuilt for Yahweh from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - “And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it will not be uprooted or pulled down anymore forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 -

“They will not take from you even a stone for a corner

Nor a stone for foundations,

But you will be a perpetual desolation,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 -

He measured the length of the building [fn]along the front of the separate area behind it, with a [fn]gallery on each side, one hundred cubits, along with the inner nave and the porches of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - ‘You shall also take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall purify it and make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - “The priest shall take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the door posts of the house, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 -

A day of trumpet and loud shouting

Against the fortified cities

And the high corner towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 -

“I have cut off nations;

Their corner towers are desolate.

I have made their streets a waste,

With no one passing by;

Their cities are laid waste,

Without a man, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 -

All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but [fn]Jerusalem will rise and inhabit its site from Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.

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