noun · feminine
orguias
Greekὀργυιά (orguia)
Strong’sG3712
a fathom, about five or six feet
stem orgui-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ὀργυιά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< ὀρέγω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3712 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidorg-wee-ah'
a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom
Fromfrom G3713;
King Jamesfathom.
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 | orguias | orguiais |
| object accusative | orguian | orguiain2×ὀργυιὰς |
| direct address vocative | orguiar | orguiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | orguiau | orguiaiu |
| to, for dative | orguia | orguiai |
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
orguia 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
orguiain“fathoms”objectaccusative plural2×
Acts 27:28“fathoms”kai bolizaratois heuriskala orguiain eikosi, brachuem de diistanaratois kai palin bolizaratois heuriskala orguiain dekapente;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.
Acts 27:28“fathoms”kai bolizaratois heuriskala orguiain eikosi, brachuem de diistanaratois kai palin bolizaratois heuriskala orguiain dekapente;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.