Lexical Summary gōnia: an angle, a corner Original Word: γωνίαTransliteration: gōnia Phonetic Spelling: (go-nee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: an angle, a corner Meaning: an angle, a corner Strong's Concordance angle, corner, quarter. Probably akin to gonu; an angle -- corner, quarter. see GREEK gonu Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1137: γωνίαγωνία, γωνίας, ἡ (from Herodotus down), an angle, i. e. a. an external angle, corner (German Ecke): τῶν πλατειῶν, Matthew 6:5; κεφαλή γωνίας, Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7 (פִּנָּה רֹאשׁ, Psalm 117:22 b. like German Winkel, Latinangulus, English (internal) corner, equivalent to a secret place: Acts 26:26 (so Plato, Gorgias, p. 485 d. βίον βιωναι ἐν γωνία, Epictetus diss. 2, 12, 17; (for other examples see Wetstein on Acts, the passage cited; Stallbaum on Plato, the passage cited)). |
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