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Lexicon :: Strong's G1137 - gōnia

Aa
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]).
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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 two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 turning of the wall, and fortified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 shut up the doors of the house of Jehovah; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, and unto the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 -
The stone which the builders rejected
Is become the head of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:8 -
Passing through the street near her corner;
And he went the way to her house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 -
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places,
And lieth in wait at every corner.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 -
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 -
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:26 - And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse it and 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 sin-offering, and put it upon the door-posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and upon the posts 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 alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king’s wine-presses.
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