Orguia ὀργυιά
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| ὀργυιά | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | orguia |
| Strong's number | G3712 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | a fathom |
| Occurrences | 2 in 1 verse |
Orguia (Greek ὀργυιά, Strong's G3712) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “a fathom”. It occurs 2 times in 1 verse of the New Testament.
Definition
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fathoms (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | fathoms (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Orguia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 27:28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.They 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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).