STRONGS G204:
ἀκρογωνιαῖος,
-αία,
-αῖον, a word wholly Biblical and ecclesiastical [Winer's Grammar, 99 (94); 236 (221)] (
ἄκρος extreme, and
γωνία corner, angle),
placed at the extreme corner;
λίθος cornerstone; used of Christ,
1 Peter 2:6;
Ephesians 2:20;
Sept. Isaiah 28:16 for
פִּנָּה אֶבֶן. For as the cornerstone holds together two walls, so Christ joins together as Christians, into one body dedicated to God, those who were formerly Jews and Gentiles,
Ephesians 2:20 [yet cf. Meyer at the passage] compared with
Ephesians 2:14,
16-19,
21f. And as a cornerstone contributes to sustain the edifice, but nevertheless some fall in going around the corner carelessly; so some are built up by the aid of Christ, while others stumbling at Christ perish,
1 Peter 2:6-8; see
γωνία, a.
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