Word Study · Strong's G3712 · Greek
ὀργυιά
orguia
org-wee-ah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: orguiá
“a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom
Rendered in the KJV as
fathom.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- ὀργυιὰς2
How it is rendered · 1
- fathoms2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2
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- N-APF · 2
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Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 27:28ὀργυιὰςorguiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralThey took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.here: fathoms
- Acts 27:28ὀργυιὰςorguiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralThey took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.here: fathoms