noun · feminine
gōnias
Strong’sG1137
a corner, a secret place
stem gōni-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
corner, angle, Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. ἐπίπεδος, στερεά, plane, solid angle, Refs 3rd c.BC+; αἱ πρὸς τῇ βάσει γ. the angles at the base, Refs; ἡ ὑπὸ ΒΑΓ or ὑπὸ τῶν ΒΑΓ γ. the angle ΒΑΓ, Refs
2 metaphorically, corner, secluded spot, ἐν γωνίᾳ ψιθυρίζειν NT+5th c.BC+
3 of the four quarters of the compass, Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 joint, Refs 4th c.BC+
II joiner's square, Refs 5th c.BC+
III cutwater of a bridge, Refs 1st c.BC+
IV of persons, leader, chief, LXX
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
gōniau“corner”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Matthew 21:42“corner”… tois oikodomarōntois houtos genita eis kefalan gōniau; para kuriou geneta houtas, kai atō …… The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in …
Mark 12:10“corner”… tois oikodomarōntois, houtos genita eis kefalan gōniau;… The stone the builders rejected has …
Luke 20:17“corner”… tois oikodomarōntois, houtos genita eis kefalan gōniau?… The stone the builders rejected has …
Acts 4:11“corner”… toiu oikodomoiu, tos generantos eis kefalan gōniau.… stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
1 Peter 2:7“corner”… tois oikodomarōntois houtos genita eis kefalan gōniau… believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has …
gōnia“corner”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 26:26… peithomō oudenem, ouk gar atō en gōnia prassorēntem houtem.… it was not done in a corner.
gōniain“corners”objectaccusative plural1×
Revelation 7:1… tessares angeloin stēarēntoin epi tain tessares gōniain tau gēau, kratarōntoin toin tessares anemoin …… four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its …
gōniai“corners”to, fordative plural2×
Matthew 6:5… en tai sunagōgai kai en tai gōniai taiu platuaiu stēarēntois proseuchorō, hopōs fanileia …… the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly …
Revelation 20:8… teim ethneim teim en tai tessares gōniai tau gēau, ton Gōg kai Magōg, …… deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog …