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ὀργυιά

MainId: 003619000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: ο

StrongCodes: G3712

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003619001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ὀργυιά

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ᾶς

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ὀρέγομαι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003619001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 81.26

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Spacial Dimensions

      LEXSubDomains: Specific Measures of Length

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-15 18:56:48

         DefinitionShort: traditionally the measurement of a man’s arms stretched out horizontally, reckoned at approximately six feet or almost two meters and used as a technical, nautical term to measure the depth of water

         Glosses: fathom

         Comments: If one adopts a metric system, the later expression in {S:04402702800026}, namely, ὀργυιὰς δεκαπέντε ‘fifteen fathoms,’ may be rendered as ‘about thirty meters.’

      LEXReferences: ACTs 27:28, ACTs 27:28

      LEXLinks: realia:11.4.2.2