γωνία

γωνία — gōnía

γωνία, γωνίας, ἡ (from Herodotus down), an angle, i. e.

a. an external angle, corner (German Ecke): τῶν πλατειῶν, Mat 6:5; κεφαλή γωνίας, Mat 21:42; Mar 12:10; Luk 20:17; Act 4:11; 1Pe 2:7 (פִּנָּה רֹאשׁ, Psalm 117:22, the head of the corner, i. e. the cornerstone (ἀκρογωνιαῖος, which see); αἱ τέσσαρες γωνίαι τῆς γῆς, the four extreme limits of the earth, Rev 7:1; Rev 20:8.

b. like German Winkel, Latinangulus, English (internal) corner, equivalent to a secret place: Act 26:26 (so Plato, Gorgias, p. 485 d. βίον βιωναι ἐν γωνία, Epictetus diss. 2, 12, 17; (for other examples see Wetstein on Acts, the passage cited; Stallbaum on Plato, the passage cited)).