HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6012
עָמֵק
a.meq — unfathomable
1) deep, unfathomable 1a) unintelligible (of speech) Aramaic equivalent: a.miq (עֲמִיק "deep" H5994)
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Fathom
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G3712
ὀργυιά
orguia — a fathom
ὀργυιά, -ᾶς, ἡ (ὀρέγω), the length of the outstretched arms, a fathom: Act.27:28.† (AS)
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(Old A.S. faethm, “bosom,” or the outstretched arms), a span of six feet (Acts 27:28). Gr. orguia (from orego, “I stretch”), the distance between the extremities of both arms fully stretched out.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.