noun · feminine

pugmas

Greekπυγμή (pugmē)

Strong’sG4435

the fist

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

Translated as

with a fist1×

What it means

πυγμή, -ῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX: Ex 21:18, Is 58:4 (אֶגְרוֹף)*;]

the fist: πυγμῇ νίψασθαι τ. χεῖρας (T, πυκνά; Vg., Goth., Copt., crebro), to wash the hands with the fist (diligently, R, txt.; up to the elbow, R, mg.; the exact meaning is doubtful; v. Swete, in l.): Mk 7:3.†

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

Strong’s G4435 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpoog-may'

the clenched hand, i.e. (only in dative case as adverb) with the fist (hard scrubbing)

Fromfrom a primary πύξ (the fist as a weapon);

King Jamesoft.

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	pugmas	pugmais
object accusative	pugman	pugmain
direct address vocative	pugmar	pugmair
of, belonging to genitive	pugmau	pugmaiu
to, for dative	pugma1×πυγμῇ	pugmai

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

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

pugma 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

pugma“with a fist”to, fordative singular1×

Mark 7:3“with a fist”tois gar Farisaiois kai pantois tois Ioudaiois ean mē pugma nipteleia tain cheirain ouk esthialō, kratarōtois tan paradosian toiu presbuteroiu,Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.