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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 BoxExo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - and make two frames for the corners at the far end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - Saul therefore said, “Come here, all you who are leaders of the army, and let us find out what sin has been committed today.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section about four hundred cubits long.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah,[fn] at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section about four hundred cubits[fn] long.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he made devices invented for use on the towers and on the corner defenses so that soldiers could shoot arrows and hurl large stones from the walls. His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and cut them in pieces. He shut the doors of the LORD’s temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - Next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section, from a point facing the ascent to the armory as far as the angle of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - Next to him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from Azariah’s house to the angle and the corner,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - and Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the angle and the tower projecting from the upper palace near the court of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8 - He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 - Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 - No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone, nor any stone for a foundation, for you will be desolate forever,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge and all around the rim, and so purify the altar and make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar and on the gateposts of the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have destroyed nations; their strongholds are demolished. I have left their streets deserted, with no one passing through. Their cities are laid waste; they are deserted and empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.
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