Lexical Summary ankalē: the bent arm Original Word: ἀγκάληTransliteration: ankalē Phonetic Spelling: (ang-kal'-ay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: the bent arm Meaning: the bent arm Strong's Concordance arm. From agkos (a bend, "ache"); an arm (as curved) -- arm. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 43: ἀγκάληἀγκάλη, (ης, ἡ (ἀγκη, ἀγκάς (from the root ak to bend, curve, cf. Latinuncus,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.)) |
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