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Lexicon :: Strong's G3712 - orguia

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ὀργυιά
Transliteration
orguia (Key)
Pronunciation
org-wee-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
2x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

ὀργυιά orguiá, org-wee-ah'; from G3713; a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom:—fathom.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3712 in the following manner: fathom (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3712 in the following manner: fathom (2x).
  1. fathom, the distance across the breast from the tip of one middle finger to the tip of the other when the arms are outstretched, 5 to 6 feet (2 m)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀργυιά orguiá, org-wee-ah'; from G3713; a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom:—fathom.
STRONGS G3712:
ὀργυιά, ὀργυιάς, (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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
27:28

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Strong's Number G3712 matches the Greek ὀργυιά (orguia),
which occurs 2 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:28 - And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms G3712; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms G3712.
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