4083. péchus
Strong's Lexicon
péchus: Cubit

Original Word: πῆχυς
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: péchus
Pronunciation: PAY-khoos
Phonetic Spelling: (pay'-khoos)
Definition: Cubit
Meaning: a cubit, about a foot and a half.

Word Origin: Derived from the base of πῆγμα (pēgma), meaning "a fixing" or "a setting."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H520 (אמה - 'ammah): The Hebrew equivalent of the Greek "péchus," also meaning cubit.

Usage: The term "péchus" refers to a unit of measurement in ancient times, specifically a cubit. A cubit is traditionally understood as the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters. In the Bible, it is used to describe dimensions, particularly in construction and descriptions of objects.

Cultural and Historical Background: The cubit was a common unit of measurement in the ancient Near East, including among the Israelites, Egyptians, and Babylonians. It was a practical measure based on the human body, making it accessible and easy to use. The cubit was often used in architectural and construction contexts, such as the building of the Tabernacle, Solomon's Temple, and Noah's Ark.

HELPS Word-studies

4083 pḗxys – "traditionally the distance from the elbow to the end of the fingers, about eighteen inches or one-half meter – 'cubit, eighteen inches, half meter' " (L & N, 1, 81.25).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
the forearm, i.e. a cubit
NASB Translation
hour (2), yards (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4083: πῆχυς

πῆχυς, genitive πηχεως (not found in the N. T.), genitive plural πηχῶν contracted from Ionic πήχεων (John 21:8; Revelation 21:17; 1 Kings 7:3 (15), 39 (2); Esther 7:9; Ezekiel 40:5) according to later usage, for the earlier and Attic πήχεων, which is common in the Sept. (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 245f; (WHs Appendix, p. 157); Winer's Grammar, § 9, 2 e.), , the forearm i. e. that part of the arm between the hand and the elbow-joint (Homer, Odyssey 17, 38; Iliad 21, 166, etc.); hence, a cubit (ell, Latinulna), a measure of length equal to the distance from the joint of the elbow to the tip of the middle finger (i. e. about one foot and a half, but its precise length varied and is disputed; see B. D., under the phrase, Weights and Measures, II. 1): Matthew 6:27; Luke 12:25 (on these passages, cf. ἡλικία, 1 a.); John 21:8; Revelation 21:17. (The Sept. very often for אַמָּה.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cubit.

Of uncertain affinity; the fore-arm, i.e. (as a measure) a cubit -- cubit.

Forms and Transliterations
πήχει πηχεις πήχεις πηχεος πήχεος πηχεών πηχέων πήχεων πήχεως πήχους πηχυν πήχυν πῆχυν πήχυς πηχων πηχών πηχῶν pechon pechôn pēchōn pēchō̂n pechun pēchun pechyn pêchyn pēchyn pē̂chyn
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 6:27 N-AMS
GRK: ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα
NAS: can add a [single] hour to his life?
KJV: add one cubit unto his
INT: life span of him hour one

Luke 12:25 N-AMS
GRK: αὐτοῦ προσθεῖναι πῆχυν
NAS: add a [single] hour to his life's span?
KJV: stature one cubit?
INT: of him to add one hour

John 21:8 N-GMP
GRK: ὡς ἀπὸ πηχῶν διακοσίων σύροντες
NAS: one hundred yards away,
KJV: two hundred cubits,) dragging
INT: about from cubits two hundred dragging

Revelation 21:17 N-GMP
GRK: τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν μέτρον ἀνθρώπου
NAS: its wall, seventy-two yards, [according to] human
KJV: [and] four cubits, [according to] the measure
INT: [and] forty four cubits measure of a man

Strong's Greek 4083
4 Occurrences


πηχῶν — 2 Occ.
πῆχυν — 2 Occ.

















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