noun · masculine

pēchos

Greekπῆχυς (pēchus)

Strong’sG4083

a cubit

stem pēch-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

cubits2×hour2×

What it means

πῆχυς, -εως, gen. pl., -ῶν (for Att. -εων, v. WH, App., 157; Thackeray, Gr., 151; Deiss., BS, 153),

[in LXX chiefly and freq. for אַמָּה;]

1. the forearm (Hom.).

2. As a measure of length, a cubit: Mt 6:27, Lk 12:25, Jo 21:8, Re 21:17.†

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

Strong’s G4083 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpay'-khoos

the fore-arm, i.e. (as a measure) a cubit

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamescubit.

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	pēchos	pēchois
object accusative	pēchon2×πῆχυν	pēchoin
direct address vocative	pēchor	pēchoir
of, belonging to genitive	pēchou	pēchoiu2×πηχῶν
to, for dative	pēcho	pēchoi

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

pēchstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

pēcho 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

pēchon“hour”objectaccusative singular2×

Matthew 6:27“hour”tinos de ek vu merimnarōtos dunetō prostithara epi tan hēlikian autou pēchon henon?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Luke 12:25“hour”tinos de ek vu merimnarōtos dunetō epi tan hēlikian autou prostithara pēchon?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

pēchoiu“cubits”of, belonging togenitive plural2×

John 21:8“cubits”tois de allois mathētois te ploiarie erchala, ouk gar ale makran apo tau gēau alla hōs apo pēchoiu diakosioi, surarōtois tem diktuem toiu ichthoiu.The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.

Revelation 21:17“cubits”kai metrata tem teichem autau hekaton tesserakonta tessares pēchoiu, metrem anthrōpou, hem atō angelou.And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.