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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4435 - πυγμή

Transliteration

pygmḗ

Phonetics

poog-may'

Origin

from a primary pux (the fist as a weapon)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

6:915,973

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the fist, clenched hand
up to the elbow

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 106 ‑ אֶגְרֹף (eg‑rofe');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Mark 1

BSB (1)

Mark 1

CSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (0)

Mark 1

KJV (1)

Mark 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Mark 1

N95 (1)

Mark 1

NAS (1)

Mark 1

NLT (1)

Mark 1

WEB (1)

Mark 1

YLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

ASV (1)

diligently 1

BSB (1)

ceremonially 1

CSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (1)

oft 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

carefully 1

N95 (1)

carefully 1

NAS (1)

carefully 1

NLT (1)

cupped 1

WEB (1)

and forearms 1

YLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DSF 1

ANT

N-DSF 1

BEZ

N-DSF 1

BGB

N-DSF 1

BMT

N-DSF 1

BYZ

N-DSF 1

ELZ

N-DSF 1

NA26

N-DSF 1

SBL

N-DSF 1

SCV

N-DSF 1

STV

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

TIS

N-DSF 1

TRG

N-DSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πυγμ-ή, ἡ, ( πύξ ) fist, Hp. Art. 71, E. IT 1368; τῇ π. θενών Ar. V. 1384; πυγμῇ πατάξαι LXX Exodus 21:18, cf. Is. 58.4 .

2. boxing, as an athletic contest, πυγμῇ νικήσαντα Il. 23.669; πυγμὴν νικᾶν E. Alc. 1031; ἄνδρας πυγμὰν ἐνίκα Ὀλύμπια AP 6.256 (Antip.); πυγμᾶς ἄποινα Pi. O. 7.16, cf. 10(11).67; πυγμὴν or τὴν π. ἀσκεῖν, Pl. Lg. 795b, D. 61.24; freq. in Inscrr., e.g. πυγμὴν Ζωΐλος (sc. ἐνίκησε ) IG 7.1765 ( Thespiae ), etc. generally, fight, π. μονομάχων καὶ θηρίων Edict.Caes. ap. J. AJ 14.10.6, cf. Artem. 5.58; εἰς π. καθίστασθαι, τρέπεσθαι, of partridges, Gp. 14.20.1,2.

3. in Mark 7:3, πυγμῇ νίψασθαι is interpr. diligently (v.l. cross πυκνά, often ).

II a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles,= 18 δάκτυλοι, Thphr. HP 9.11.5, Poll. 2.147, 158 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πυγμή, πυγμης, ἡ (πύξ, from ΠΥΚΩ, Latinpungo, pupugi (pugnus; O. H. G. 'fust', English 'fist'; cf. Curtius, § 384)), from Homer down, the Sept. for אֶנְרוף (Exodus 21:18; Isaiah 58:4), the fist: πυγμή νίπτεσθαι τάς χεῖρας, to wash the hands with the fist, i. e. so that one hand is rubbed with the clenched fist of the other (R. V. marginal reading (after Theoph., others) up to the elbow; but cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2:11), Mark 7:3 (where Tdf. πυκνά, see πυκνός). (Cf. James Morison's Commentary at the passage.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πυγμή , -ῆς , ἡ ,

[in LXX: Exodus 21:18, Isaiah 58:4 (H106) *;]

the fist: πυγμῇ νίψασθαι τ . χῖρας (Τ , 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): Mark 7:3.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σάλος is used of a ";rough sea"; in Luke 21:25 : cf. Boll Offenbarung, P. 135.

List of Word Forms

πυγμαίς πυγμη πυγμή πυγμῇ πυθμένα πυθμένες πυθμένι pugme pugmē pygme pygmē pygmêi pygmē̂i