Definition
γωνία, -ας, ἡ
(γόνυ), [in LXX chiefly for פִּנָּה ;]
an angle, a corner: Matthew 6:5, Acts 26:26; τ. τέσσαρας γ. τ. γῆς, Revelation 7:1; 20:8; κεφαλὴ γνωνίας (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, Psalm 118:22, LXX), Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10, Luke 20:17, Acts 4:11, 1 Peter 2:7.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as γωνία:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Matthew 6:5γωνίαις · cornersAnd when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- Matthew 21:42γωνίας · cornerstoneJesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- Mark 12:10γωνίας · cornerstoneHave you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Luke 20:17γωνίαςBut Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
- Acts 4:11γωνίαςThis Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
- Acts 26:26γωνίᾳ · a cornerFor the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
- 1 Peter 2:7γωνίας · the cornerstoneTo you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
- Revelation 7:1γωνίας · cornersAfter this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
- Revelation 20:8γωνίαις · corners…and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.