köken: From hoek + steen. The generic figurative sense developed after figurative use in the Hebrew Bible in Psalm 118 and Jeremiah 28, and in the New Testament in the synoptic gospels, Acts, Ephesians 2 and 1 Peter 2.
Bij deze torenbouw is de hoeksteen van een hardere steensoort.
De confessionelen zagen het kerngezin als hoeksteen van de samenleving.
cornerstone (ceremonial stone set at the foundation of a building, often in the corner and inscribed with the completion year and other details) · foundation stone · cornerstone (that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central)