King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3712
Transliteration: 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)
ὀργυιά, 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.)
Word 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.)