Bible Dictionaries
Fathom

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Fathom'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​f/fathom.html. 1897.