Strong's Concordance orguia: a fathom (the length of the outstretched arms) Original Word: ὀργυιά, ᾶς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: orguia Phonetic Spelling: (org-wee-ah') Definition: a fathom (the length of the outstretched arms) Usage: a fathom, about five or six feet. HELPS Word-studies 3712 orgyiá ("from oregō, 'to stretch out,' " J. Thayer) – properly, outstretched – originally the distance between the tips of the left and right hands when outstretched; a fathom, the unit of measure (roughly) five to six feet long. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom oregó Definition a fathom (the length of the outstretched arms) NASB Translation fathoms (2). 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance a fathom. From oregomai; a stretch of the arms, i.e. A fathom -- fathom. see GREEK oregomai Forms and Transliterations οργυιας οργυιάς ὀργυιὰς orguias orgyiàsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Acts 27:28 N-AFPGRK: βολίσαντες εὗρον ὀργυιὰς εἴκοσι βραχὺ NAS: [it to be] twenty fathoms; and a little KJV: [it] twenty fathoms: and INT: having sounded they found fathoms twenty a little Acts 27:28 N-AFP |
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