Lexicon pugmé: the fist Original Word: πυγμή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pugmé Phonetic Spelling: (poog-may') Short Definition: the fist Definition: the fist. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pux (the fist) Definitionthe fist NASB Translationcarefully (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4435: πυγμήπυγμή, πυγμης, ἡ ( πύξ, from ΠΥΚΩ, Latin pungo, pupugi (pugnus; O. H. G. 'fust', English 'fist'; cf. Curtius, § 384)), from Homer down, the Sept. for אֶנְרוף ( Exodus 21:18; Isaiah 58:4), the fist: πυγμή νίπτεσθαι τάς χεῖρας, to wash the hands with the fist, i. e. so that one hand is rubbed with the clenched fist of the other ( R. V. marginal reading (after Theoph., others) up to the elbow; but cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2:11), Mark 7:3 (where Tdf. πυκνά, see πυκνός). (Cf. James Morison's Commentary at the passage.)
Strong's fist From a primary pux (the fist as a weapon); the clenched hand, i.e. (only in dative case as adverb) with the fist (hard scrubbing) -- oft. |
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