G3712

ὀργυιά

orguiaG:N-F

a fathom

ὀργυιά, -ᾶς, ἡ (ὀρέγω), the length of the outstretched arms, a fathom: Act.27:28.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3712 in the following manner:

fathoms (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ὀργυιά — orguiá

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: Act 27:28. (Homer, Herodotus, Xenophon, others.)

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