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Koine Greek wordlink #165638

SR GNT Rev 20:8 γωνίαις (gōniais) ‘in the four corners of the earth Gōg/(Gōg)’ Strongs=11370 Lemma=gōnia
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form γωνίαις (N-DFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘γωνίαις’ (N-DFP) is always and only glossed as ‘corners’.

Mat 6:5 ‘and on the corners of the roads having stood’ SR GNT Mat 6:5 word 21

OET-LV: 5 And whenever you _may _be _praying, you _all _will_ not _be like the hypocrites, because they _are _loving to _be _praying in the synagogues and having _stood on the corners of _the roads, so _that they _may _be _seen by _the people. Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, they _are _receiving _fully the reward of _them. (MAT_6:5)

OET-RV: 5 “Whenever you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray in the meeting halls and on street corners so everyone will notice them. I can assure you that they’ve already received their reward in full. (MAT 6:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘gōnia’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a corner’, ‘of the corner’, ‘corners’.

Greek words (3) other than γωνίαις (N-DFP) with a gloss related to ‘corners’

ACTs 10:11 ἀρχαῖς (arⱪais) N-DFP Lemma=arχē ‘a linen_sheet great by four corners being let_down on the’ SR GNT Acts 10:11 word 16

OET-LV: 11 and he _is _observing the heaven having _been _opened _up, and an_ certain _object coming _down, as a_ by _four _linen _sheet, great corners being _let _down on the earth, (ACT_10:11)

OET-RV: 11 and saw the sky open up. Something like a sheet was being lowered down to the earth by the four corners (ACT 10:11)

ACTs 11:5 ἀρχαῖς (arⱪais) N-DFP Lemma=arχē ‘a linen_sheet great by its four corners being let_down out_of heaven’ SR GNT Acts 11:5 word 21

OET-LV: 5 I was in the_city of _Yoppaʸ praying, and in a_trance I _saw a_vision, an_ certain _object coming _down like a_ by_its_four _linen _sheet, great corners being _let _down out _of the heaven, and it _came until me, (ACT_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 “I was staying in Yoppa, and as I was praying I saw a vision of an object like a sheet coming down, as if it was being let down out of the sky by its four corners. As it came down to me (ACT 11:5)

REV 7:1 γωνίας (gōnias) N-AFP ‘on the four corners of the earth taking_hold_of’ SR GNT Rev 7:1 word 12

OET-LV: 7 After this I _saw four messengers having _stood on the four corners of _the earth, taking _hold _of the four winds of _the earth, in _order _that neither may _be _blowing the_wind on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (REV_7:1)

OET-RV: 7 After that I saw four messengers standing around the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. (REV 7:1)

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural