G1137: γωνία (gōnía)

G1137 γωνία (gōnía)

Greek

Quick Definition

γωνία, ας, ἡ n.f. a corner, a secret place

Strong's Definition

probably akin to 1119; an angle

KJV Usage: corner, quarter

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γωνία (G1137)

noun, f. | -ας | ἀκρογωνιαῖος · τετράγωνος

79.107 · Features of Objects · Shapes

corner the corner of an area or construction, either an inside corner or an outside corner

MAT 6:5 · MAT 21:42 · MRK 12:10 · LUK 20:17 · ACT 4:11 · ACT 26:26 · 1PE 2:7 · REV 7:1 · REV 20:8

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

γωνία, -as, ἡ, [fr. Hdt. down], an angle, i.e. a. an external angle, corner (Germ. Ecke): τῶν πλατειῶν, Mt. vi. 5; κεφαλὴ γωνίας, Mt. xxi. 42; Mk. xii. 10; Lk. xx. 17; Actsiv.11; 1 Pet. ii. 7, (73D νυ, Ps. cxvii. (exviii.) 22), the head of the corner, i. 6. the corner-stone, (axpoγωνιαῖος, q. V.); αἱ τέσσαρες γωνίαι τῆς γῆς, the four extreme limits of the earth, Rev. vii. 1; xx. 8. Ὁ. like Germ. Winkel, Lat. angulus, Eng. (internal) corner, | i.q-a@ secret place: Acts xxvi. 26, (so Plat. Gorg. p. 485 ἃ. | βίον βιῶναι ἐν γωνίᾳ, Epict. diss. 2, 12,17; [for other ex_ amples see Wetstein on Acts 1. c.; Stallbaum on Plato Ib Cal) ee

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

γωνία gōnia 9x

an exterior angle, projecting corner, Mt. 6:5; 21:42; an interior angle; by impl. a dark corner, obscure place, Acts 26:26; corner, extremity, or quarter of the earth, Rev. 7:1; 20:8

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

γωνία, -ας, ἡ

(< γόνυ), [in LXX chiefly for פִּנָּה ;]

an angle, a corner: Mt 6:5, Ac 26:26; τ. τέσσαρας γ. τ. γῆς, Re 7:1, 20:8; κεφαλὴ γνωνίας (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, Ps 117(118):22, LXX), Mt 21:42, Mk 12:10, Lk 20:17, Ac 4:11, I Pe 2:7.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

γωνία. P Oxy IL. 243 (A.D. 79) ἀπὸ τῆς βορινῆ[ς γω]νίας τοῦ προπυλῶνος, ‘‘ from the northern angle of the gateway,” P Lond 1228 (magic, iv/A.D.) (=I. p. 116) ἐν Tat δ γωνίαις τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (cf. Rev γ', 208). P Ryl II. 1309 (A.D. 31) εἰς τὸν ὑπάρχοντά μοι περὶ Hinpepelay τῆς Θεμίστο(υ) μερίδος ἐλαιῶνα ἐν τῇ γωνίᾳ, ‘in the area of Iuhemeria in the division of Themistes at the corner” (Edd.). Zé. 156! (i/A.p.) ἀπὸ τῆς λιβικῆς γωνίας τοῦ πύργου. The noun was naturally used in architectural docunents, like Syd/ 537 (iv/B.c.) ¢ev. Schlageter, p. 12, gives instances of the adj. ywviatos, ‘‘angularis,’ from the inscriptions, remarking that it seems to be used principally in In MGr γωνιά = “corner,” ‘‘ angle.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

γωνία (gōnia) — corner. γωνία, ἡ, 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]