What does ἀκρογωνιαῖος (akrogōniaîos) mean in the Bible?
ἀκρογωνιαῖος (akrogōniaîos): Corner stone bearing supreme structural importance; metaphorically, Christ as the foundation uniting disparate elements
Greek · G204
ἀκρογωνιαῖος
Belonging to the extreme corner
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ἀκρογωνιαῖος G204
Pronunciation akrogōniaîos
What does ἀκρογωνιαῖος (akrogōniaîos) mean in the Bible?
ἀκρογωνιαῖος (akrogōniaîos): Corner stone bearing supreme structural importance; metaphorically, Christ as the foundation uniting disparate elements
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G204?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] cornerstone (1), cornerstone (1).
Where does ἀκρογωνιαῖος (akrogōniaîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 2:20. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Ephesians (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 [the] cornerstone 1× Ephesians 2:20
cornerstone 1× 1 Peter 2:6
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First aligned row Ephesians 2:20
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Ephesians 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἀκρογωνιαῖον 1x akrogōniaion 1 Peter 2:6
ἀκρογωνιαίου 1x akrogōniaiou Ephesians 2:20
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Peter 2:6
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Ephesians 2:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Corner stone bearing supreme structural importance; metaphorically, Christ as the foundation uniting disparate elements
Strong's G204
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 2:19-22 Source Gloss
belonging to the extreme corner
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Corner stone bearing supreme structural importance; metaphorically, Christ as the foundation uniting disparate elements
(ἄκροι, γωνία, an angle) [in LXX: Isa.28:16 (פִּנָּה) * ;] = Attic γωνιαῖος (frequently in Inscr.; MM, VGT, see word ἀ.), at the extreme angle: ὁ ἀ., the corner foundation stone, Eph.2:20, 1Pe.2:6.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 2:20 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀκρογωνιαίου akrogwniaiou
in the corner, cornerstone
Read verse 1 Peter 2:6 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀκρογωνιαῖον, akrogwniaion
in the corner, cornerstone
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Eph 2:20 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 2:6 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Christ as the chief corner stone holding together the building of the church
Christ as precious corner stone chosen by God, foundation for believers' faith
Word Origins
ἀκρογωνιαῖος is built from these roots:
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