STRONGS G1137:
γωνία,
-ας,
ἡ, [from Herodotus down],
an angle, i. e.
a. an external angle,
corner (German
Ecke):
τῶν πλατειῶν,
Matthew 6:5;
κεφαλὴ γωνίας,
Matthew 21:42;
Mark 12:10;
Luke 20:17;
Acts 4:11;
1 Peter 2:7 (פִּנָּה רֹאשׁ, Psalm 117:22 (
Ps. 118:22), the head of the corner,
i. e. the cornerstone, (
ἀκρογωνιαῖος, which see);
αἱ τέσσαρες γωνίαι τῆς γῆς, the four extreme limits of the earth,
Revelation 7:1;
Revelation 20:8.
b. like German
Winkel, Latin
angulus, English (internal)
corner, equivalent to
a secret place:
Acts 26:26 (so Plato, Gorgias, p. 485 d.
βίον βιῶναι ἐν γωνίᾳ, 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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