Words the Bible translates as cornerstone
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- lithosλίθοςa stone: a discrete piece of rock, from one small enough to throw to a shaped building block or a cut gem, as opposed to solid bedrock
- gōniaγωνίαcorner: the angle where two lines, walls, streets, or edges meet
- pinnahפִּנָּהcorner: the angle where two sides of a structure meet, and by extension the cornerstone set there and a leader who holds a people together like one
- akrogōniaiosἀκρογωνιαῖοςcornerstonenot studied yet
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