Quick Definition
ὀργυιά, ᾶς, ἡ n.f. a fathom, about five or six feet
Strong's Definition
from 3713; a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom
KJV Usage: fathom
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ᾶς | ὀρέγομαι
81.26 · Spacial Dimensions · Specific Measures of Length
fathom traditionally the measurement of a man’s arms stretched out horizontally, reckoned at approximately six feet or almost two meters and used as a technical, nautical term to measure the depth of water If one adopts a metric system, the later expression in ACT 27:28, namely, ὀργυιὰς δεκαπέντε ‘fifteen fathoms,’ may be rendered as ‘about thirty meters.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀργυιά, -as, ἡ, (ὀρέγω to stretch out), the distance across the breast from the tip of one middle finger to the tip of the other when the arms are outstretched; five or six feet, a fathom: Acts xxvii. 28. (Hom., Hdt., Xen., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀργυιά orgyuia 2x
the space measured by the arms outstretched; a fathom, Acts 27:28 (2x)*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ὀργυιά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< ὀρέγω),
the length of the outstretched arms, a fathom: Ac 27:28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀργυιά. On the accent of ὀργνιά, ‘ fathom” (Ac 2755). see WinerSchmiedel Gr. p. 72. The word is found in the fragment of a metrological work, P Oxy IV. 669% (later than A.D. 287) οἱ 8 (πήχεις) dpyurd, o[pyvia] δέ ἐστιν ἡ διάστασις τῶν χιρῶν, “4 cubits an ὀργυιά, which is the distance of the outstretched hands”’ (Edd.): cf. Avchiv iil. p. 440.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀργυιά (orguia) — a fathom. ὄργυιᾰ, Attic dialect ὄργυᾰ, ᾶς, [Refs]; Ionic dialect ὄργυιᾰ, ῆς, ἡ (see. below): (ὀρέγω):— the length of the outstretched arms, about 6 feet or I fathom, ἕστηκε ξύλον.. ὅσον τ᾽ ὄργυι᾽ ὑπὲρ αἴης [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. more precisely, αἱ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαί εἰσι στάδιον ἑξάπλεθρον, ἑξαπέδου τῆς ὀργυιῆς μετρεομένης καὶ τετραπήχεος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. rod for measuring land, = [Refs 2nd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 4.11:—poetry also ὀρόγυια (which see): in compounds -ωρυγ-, see at {δεκ-ώρυγος}. (Proparox. in nominative and accusative singular, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Ionic dialect the nominative and accusative singular end in -ᾰ, -ᾰν, as in Attic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+] before consonant in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀργυιά, -άν in late Gr., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]