ἈΚΡΟΓΩΝΙΑΙΟΥ, ἀκρογωνιαιου
AKROGŌNIAIOU, akrogōniaiou
Sounds Like: ak-rog-oh-nee-AI-oo
Translations: cornerstone, chief cornerstone, a cornerstone, a chief cornerstone
From the root: ΑΚΡΟΓΩΝΙΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'cornerstone' or 'chief cornerstone'. It is a compound word formed from 'highest' or 'outermost' and 'corner' or 'angle'. It refers to the most important stone in a building, typically placed at the corner, which binds two walls together and supports the entire structure. Metaphorically, it is used to describe something or someone essential and foundational.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G204 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 114:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Ephesians — 2:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΡΟΓΩΝΙΑΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΚΡΟΓΩΝΑΙΟΝ — cornerstone, a cornerstone, chief cornerstone, a chief cornerstone
- ἈΚΡΟΓΩΝΙΑΙΟΝ — cornerstone, chief cornerstone, a cornerstone
- ΑΚΡΟΓΩΝΙΑΙΟΝ — cornerstone, a cornerstone, chief cornerstone, a chief cornerstone
- ΑΚΡΟΓΩΝΙΑΙΟΥ — of the corner, of the chief corner, of the cornerstone
- ΑΚΡΟΓΩΝΙΕΟΝ — corner, cornerstone, chief cornerstone
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