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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 Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - “And you shall also make two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - “They shall be coupled together at the bottom and they shall be coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus it shall be for both of them. They shall be for 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 of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - And Saul said, “Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:34

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - He set the Sea on the right side, toward the southeast.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash the king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress of the wall; then he fortified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - So Ahaz gathered the articles of the house of God, cut in pieces the articles of the house of God, shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the Ascent to the Armory at the buttress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai[fn] carefully repaired the other section, from the buttress to the door 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 to the buttress, even 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 opposite the buttress, and on the tower which projects from the king’s upper house that was by the court of the prison. 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 suddenly a great wind came from across[fn] the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; 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 cornerstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8 - Passing along the street near her corner;
And he took the path to her house

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - At times she was outside, at times in the open square,
Lurking at every corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than 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 dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built for the LORD 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 the LORD. It shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 - They shall not take from you a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for a foundation,
But you shall be desolate forever,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - ‘You shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it; thus you shall cleanse 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 of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts 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 alarm
Against the fortified cities
And against the high towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have cut off nations,
Their fortresses are devastated;
I have made their streets desolate,
With none passing by.
Their cities are destroyed;
There is no one, no inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem[fn] shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
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