γωνία

gōnía · Greek · Strong's G1137 · 9 occurrences

The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “corner”

What it means

an angle

probably akin to G1119 (γόνυ);

How the KJV renders it

corner, quarter

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“corner”

also renders archḗ (G746), kânâph (H3671), kâthêph (H3802), pêʼâh (H6285), pinnâh (H6438), paʻam (H6471), tsêlâʻ (H6763), qâtsâh (H7098), qâtsaʻ (H7106)

“quarter”

also renders tópos (G5117), gᵉbûwl (H1366), pêʼâh (H6285)

Questions this word decides

What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?

Where it appears

9 occurrences in the Greek text.

1 Peter 2:7 N-GSFActs 4:11 N-GSFActs 26:26 N-DSFLuke 20:17 N-GSFMatthew 6:5 N-DPFMatthew 21:42 N-GSFMark 12:10 N-GSFRevelation 7:1 N-APFRevelation 20:8 N-DPF

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.