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Strong's #3712: orguia (pronounced org-wee-ah')

from 3713; a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom:--fathom.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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orguia

1) fathom, the distance across the breast from the tip of one middle finger to the tip of the other when the arms are outstretched, 5 to 6 feet (2 m)

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G3713




Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

Acts 27:28: "sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded"
Acts 27:28: "again, and found it fifteen fathoms."









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