What does γωνία (gōnía) mean in the Bible?
γωνία (gōnía): Physical corner or angle, especially of buildings; metaphorically, a position of structural importance or prominence.
Greek · G1137
γωνία
An angle
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γωνία G1137
Pronunciation gōnía
What does γωνία (gōnía) mean in the Bible?
γωνία (gōnía): Physical corner or angle, especially of buildings; metaphorically, a position of structural importance or prominence.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1137?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include corners (3), . . . (2), cornerstone (2), a corner (1), the cornerstone (1).
Where does γωνία (gōnía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Matthew (2), Revelation (2), 1 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It corners 3× Matthew 6:5, Revelation 7:1, Revelation 20:8
. . . 2× Luke 20:17, Acts 4:11
cornerstone 2× Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10
a corner 1× Acts 26:26
the cornerstone 1× 1 Peter 2:7
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 6:5 γωνίαις to corners Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Matthew 21:42 γωνίας to cornerstone Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 12:10 γωνίας to cornerstone Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 20:17 γωνίας to . . . Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 4:11 γωνίας to . . . Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 26:26 γωνίᾳ to a corner Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1 Peter 2:7 γωνίας to the cornerstone Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 7:1 γωνίας to corners Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 20:8 γωνίαις to corners Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 6:5
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 6
Matthew 2 Mark 1 Luke 1 Acts 2 1 Peter 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
γωνίας 6x gōnias Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10, Luke 20:17, Acts 4:11
γωνίαις 2x gōniais Matthew 6:5, Revelation 20:8
γωνίᾳ 1x gōnia Acts 26:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 5x Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10, Luke 20:17, Acts 4:11
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 2x Matthew 6:5, Revelation 20:8
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 7:1
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 26:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical corner or angle, especially of buildings; metaphorically, a position of structural importance or prominence.
Strong's G1137
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 4 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 21:42 Source Gloss
an angle
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Physical corner or angle, especially of buildings; metaphorically, a position of structural importance or prominence.
(γόνυ), [in LXX chiefly for פִּנָּה ;] an angle, a corner: Mat.6:5, Act.26:26; τ. τέσσαρας γ. τ. γῆς, Rev.7:1, 20:8; κεφαλὴ γνωνίας (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, Ps 117(118):22, LXX), Mat.21:42, Mrk.12:10, Luk.20:17, Act.4:11, 1Pe.2:7.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:5 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
γωνίαις gwniaiv
a corner, a secret place
Read verse Matthew 21:42 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
γωνίας· gwniav
a corner, a secret place
Read verse Mark 12:10 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
γωνίας· gwniav
a corner, a secret place
Read verse Luke 20:17 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
γωνίας; gwniav
a corner, a secret place
Read verse Acts 4:11 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
γωνίας. gwniav
a corner, a secret place
Read verse Acts 26:26 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
γωνίᾳ gwnia
a corner, a secret place
Read verse 1 Peter 2:7 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
γωνίας, gwniav
a corner, a secret place
Read verse Revelation 7:1 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
γωνίας gwniav
a corner, a secret place
Read verse Revelation 20:8 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
γωνίαις gwniaiv
a corner, a secret place
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Genitive (5) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 21:42 · Mark 12:10 · Luke 20:17 · Acts 4:11 · 1 Pet 2:7 5×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 6:5 · Rev 20:8 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 26:26 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rev 7:1 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Christ as the stone at the corner, chief position in building
The four corners of the earth, cardinal spatial directions
Actions done in a corner, hidden or secret place away from public view
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
γωνία is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain