noun · feminine
gōnias
Greekγωνία (gōnia)
Strong’sG1137
a corner, a secret place
stem gōni-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
γωνία, -ας, ἡ
(< γόνυ), [in LXX chiefly for פִּנָּה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1137 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgo-nee'-ah
an angle
Fromprobably akin to G1119;
King Jamescorner, quarter.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | gōnias | gōniais |
| object accusative | gōnian | gōniain1×γωνίας |
| direct address vocative | gōniar | gōniair |
| of, belonging to genitive | gōniau5×γωνίας | gōniaiu |
| to, for dative | gōnia1×γωνίᾳ | gōniai2×γωνίαις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
gōnia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
gōniau“corner”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Matthew 21:42“corner”Legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Oudepote anaginōskava en tai grafai; Lithon hon apodokimazala tois oikodomarōtois houtos ginita eis kefalan gōniau; para kuriou gineta houtas, kai atō thaumastas en ofthalmoi nu?Jesus 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 12:10“corner”oude tan grafan houtan anaginōskava; Lithon hon apodokimazala tois oikodomarōtois, houtos ginita eis kefalan gōniau;Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Luke 20:17“corner”tos de embleparatos autoi legata; Tinem oun atō tem grafirētem houtem; Lithon hon apodokimazala tois oikodomarōtois, houtos ginita eis kefalan gōniau?But 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 4:11“corner”houtos atō tos lithos tos exoutheniratos hupo vu toiu oikodomoiu, tos gineratos eis kefalan gōniau.This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
1 Peter 2:7“corner”vi oun tas timas toi pisteuarōtoi; apistarōtoi de lithos hon apodokimazala tois oikodomarōtois houtos ginita eis kefalan gōniauTo you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
gōnia“corner”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 26:26“corner”epistetō gar peri houteiu tos basilevos, pros hon kai parrēsiazerōtos lalamō; lanthanarō gar auton houteiu ouk peithimō oudenem, ouk gar atō en gōnia prassirētem houtem.For 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.
gōniain“corners”objectaccusative plural1×
Revelation 7:1“corners”Meta houtem horama tessares angeloin histanarētoin epi tain tessares gōniain tau gēau, kratarōtoin toin tessares anemoin tau gēau, hina mē pnateiō anemos epi tau gēau mēte epi tau thalassau mēte epi pantem dendrem.After 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.
gōniai“corners”to, fordative plural2×
Matthew 6:5“corners”Kai hotan proseucheveiō, ouk evi hōs tois hupokritois; hoti filalō en tai sunagōgai kai en tai gōniai taiu platuaiu histanarētois proseucherō, hopōs fainileia toi anthrōpoi; amēn legamō vi, apechalō ton misthon autoiu.And 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.
Revelation 20:8“corners”kai exercheti planara teim ethneim teim en tai tessares gōniai tau gēau, ton Gōg kai Magōg, sunagara autoin eis ton polemon, hoiu tos arithmos autoiu hōs tas ammas tau thalassau.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.