Strong's Concordance
akrogóniaios: at the extreme angle or corner
Original Word: ἀκρογωνιαῖος, α, ονPart of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: akrogóniaios
Phonetic Spelling: (ak-rog-o-nee-ah'-yos)
Short Definition: in the corner, cornerstone
Definition: in the corner (of a building); subst: corner-(stone).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 204: ἀκρογωνιαῖοςἀκρογωνιαῖος, , , 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; the
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.
