Lexicon agkalé: the bent arm Original Word: ἀγκάλη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: agkalé Phonetic Spelling: (ang-kal'-ay) Short Definition: an arm Definition: an arm, especially as bent to receive a burden. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom agkos (a bend) Definitionthe bent arm NASB Translationarms (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 43: ἀγκάληἀγκάλη, (ης, ἡ ( ἀγκη, ἀγκάς (from the root ak to bend, curve, cf. Latin uncus, angulus, English angle, etc.; cf. Curtius, § 1; Vanicek, p. 2f)), the curve or inner angle of the arm: δέξασθαι εἰς τάς ἀγκάλας, Luke 2:28. The Greeks also said ἀγκάς λαβεῖν ἐν ἀγκάλαις περιφέρειν, etc., see ἐναγκαλίζομαι. ((From Aeschylus and Herodotus down.))
Strong's arm. From agkos (a bend, "ache"); an arm (as curved) -- arm. |
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