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|strgr=of [[uncertain]] [[affinity]]; the [[fore]]-[[arm]], i.e. (as a [[measure]]) a [[cubit]]: [[cubit]]. | |strgr=of [[uncertain]] [[affinity]]; the [[fore]]-[[arm]], i.e. (as a [[measure]]) a [[cubit]]: [[cubit]]. | ||
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|txtha=genitive πηχεως ([[not]] [[found]] in the N. T.), genitive plural πηχῶν [[contracted]] from Ionic πήχεων (πήχεων, [[which]] is [[common]] in the Sept. (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 245f; (WH s Appendix, p. 157); Winer's Grammar, § 9,2e.), ὁ, the [[forearm]] i. e. [[that]] [[part]] of the [[arm]] [[between]] the [[hand]] and the [[elbow]]-[[joint]] ([[Homer]], [[Odyssey]] 17,38; Iliad 21,166, etc.); [[hence]], a [[cubit]] ([[ell]], Latin ulna), a [[measure]] of [[length]] [[equal]] to the [[distance]] from the [[joint]] of the [[elbow]] to the [[tip]] of the [[middle]] [[finger]] (i. e. [[about]] [[one]] [[foot]] and a [[half]], [[but]] its [[precise]] [[length]] [[varied]] and is [[disputed]]; [[see]] B. D., [[under]] the [[phrase]], Weights and Measures, II:1): [[ἡλικία]], 1a.); Sept. [[very]] [[often]] for אַמָּה.) | |||
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