Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #27506

SR GNT Mark 7:3 πυγμῇ (pugmaʸ) ‘Youdaiōns if not with the fist they may wash the hands’ Strongs=44350 Lemma=pugmē^*
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=32 AD

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Only use of identical word form πυγμῇ (N-DFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πυγμῇ’ (N-DFS) is always and only glossed as ‘with the fist’.

Mark 7:3 ‘Youdaiōns if not with the fist they may wash the hands’ SR GNT Mark 7:3 word 11

OET-LV: 3 (For/Because the Farisaios_party and all the Youdaiōns, are_ not _eating if they _may_ not _wash the hands with_the_fist, taking _hold _of the tradition of _the elders, (MRK_7:3)

OET-RV: 3 (The Pharisees and, in fact, all the Jewish religious leaders do not eat without first ceremonially washing their hands as taught by their elders over the generations. (MRK 7:3)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘pugmē’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun DFS=dative,feminine,singular