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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 - And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. Thus shall it 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 - And you shall make horns for it 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 here, all you leaders of the people, and know and see how this sin has arisen today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:23

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

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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 Angle, and fortified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars 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, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired[fn] another 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 and to the corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the buttress and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon 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 that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8 - passing along the street near her corner,
taking the road to her house

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - now in the street, now in the market,
and at 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 the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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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 housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city shall be rebuilt 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 - The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the LORD. It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 - No stone shall be taken from you for a corner
and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be a perpetual waste,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back and its galleries[fn] on either side, a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar 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, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and 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 blast and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have cut off nations;
their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
without a man, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
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