Lexicon orguia: a fathom (the length of the outstretched arms) Original Word: ὀργυιά, ᾶς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: orguia Phonetic Spelling: (org-wee-ah') Short Definition: a fathom, about five or six feet Definition: a fathom, about five or six feet. HELPS word-Studies 3712 orgyiá ("from oregō, 'to stretch out,' " J. Thayer) – properly, outstretched – originally the distance between the tips of the left and right hands when outstretched; a fathom, the unit of measure (roughly) five to six feet long. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom oregóDefinitiona fathom (the length of the outstretched arms) NASB Translationfathoms (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3712: ὀργυιάὀργυιά, ὀργυιάς, ἡ ( ὀρέγω to stretch out), the distance across the breast front the tip of one middle finger to the tip of the other when the arms are outstretched; five or six feet, a fathom: Acts 27:28. ( Homer, Herodotus, Xenophon, others.)
Strong's a fathom. From oregomai; a stretch of the arms, i.e. A fathom -- fathom. see GREEK oregomai |
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