Lexical Summary orguia: a fathom (the length of the outstretched arms) Original Word: ὀργυιάTransliteration: orguia Phonetic Spelling: (org-wee-ah') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a fathom (the length of the outstretched arms) Meaning: a fathom (the length of the outstretched arms) Strong's Concordance a fathom. From oregomai; a stretch of the arms, i.e. A fathom -- fathom. see GREEK oregomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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