noun · feminine

ankalas

Greekἀγκάλη (ankalē)

Strong’sG43

an arm

stem ankal-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

arms1×

What it means

ἀγκάλη, -ης, ἡ

(< ἄγκος, a bend), [in LXX for אַצִּיל, חֵיק;]

the bent arm: Lk 2:28 (cf. ἐναγκαλίζομαι).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G43 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidang-kal'-ay

an arm (as curved)

Fromfrom ἄγκος (a bend, "ache");

King Jamesarm.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	ankalas	ankalais
object accusative	ankalan	ankalain1×ἀγκάλας
direct address vocative	ankalar	ankalair
of, belonging to genitive	ankalau	ankalaiu
to, for dative	ankala	ankalai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ankalstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ankala is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ankalain“arms”objectaccusative plural1×

Luke 2:28“arms”kai autos decheta autem eis tain ankalain kai eulogata ton theon kai legata;Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying: