Acts 27:28:4Acts.27.28.W4TAB
ὀργυιὰς
orgyyas
“fathoms”
- Transliteration
- or-gy-YAS
- Extended
- ohr-gü-YAHS
- IPA
- /or.gyˈas/
Meaning by language
- English
- fathoms
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
or-gy-YAS
- sentence
KAI bo-LI-san-tes HEU-ron or-gy-YAS EI-ko-si bra-KHY de di-a-STÊ-san-tes KAI PA-lin bo-LI-san-tes HEU-ron or-gy-YAS de-ka-PEN-te
Exegesis
The noun orgyias {ὀργυιὰς | or-gyi-às} ’fathoms’ is quantified by eikosi {εἴκοσι | eí-ko-si} ’twenty’ and later by dekapente {δεκαπέντε | de-ka-pén-te} ’fifteen’, indicating decreasing water depth.
Root and etymology
orgyiaor-gyi-á
“fathom”
In context — Acts 27:28
They took a sounding and found twenty fathoms; then after advancing a little farther , they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 27:28, so the Greek word ὀργυιὰς (orgyyas) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.27.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.28.W4.S1) and character.