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Koine Greek wordlink #158532

SR GNT Rev 7:1 γωνίας (gōnias) ‘on the four corners of the earth taking_hold_of’ Strongs=11370 Lemma=gōnia
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form γωνίας (N-AFP) in the Greek originals

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

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

Greek words (4) other than γωνίας (N-AFP) with a gloss related to ‘corners’

MAT 6:5 γωνίαις (gōniais) N-DFP ‘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)

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 20:8 γωνίαις (gōniais) N-DFP ‘in the four corners of the earth Gōg/(Gōg)’ SR GNT Rev 20:8 word 11

OET-LV: 8 and he _will _be _coming _out to _deceive the nations which in the four corners of _the earth, the Gōg/(Gōg) and Magōg/(Māgōg), to _gather _together them to the war, of _whom the number of _them is like the sand of _the sea. (REV_20:8)

OET-RV: 8 and he’ll go out to deceive the nations right around the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them together to battle. They’ll be too many to count like the sand on the beach. (REV 20:8)

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