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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #43 - ἀγκάλη

Transliteration

ankálē

Phonetics

ang-kal'-ay

Origin

from agkos (a bend, "ache")

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

the curve or inner angle of the arm, the bent arm
anything closely enfolding, as the arms of the sea, etc.

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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2436 ‑ חֵק (khake, khake, khoke); 6102 ‑ עָצֵל (aw‑tsale);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

Luke

NAS (1)

Luke

HCS (1)

Luke

BSB (1)

Luke

ESV (1)

Luke

WEB (1)

Luke

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀγκάλη [ᾰ], ἡ,

1. bent arm, mostly in pl., ἐν ἀγκάλαις A. Ag. 723, Supp. 481, E. Alc. 351, al.; prov., ἐν ταῖς ἀ. περιΦέρειν τινά X. Cyr. 7.5.50; without ἐν, ἀγκάλαις ἔχειν, περιΦέρειν, E. IT 289, Or. 464; ἐπ' ἀγκάλαις λαβεῖν Id. Ion 761, cf. IT 1250; ἐς ἀ. Ion 1598; πρὸς ἀγκάλαις πεσεῖν ib. 962; ὑπ' ἀγκάλαις σταθείς Id. Andr. 747: rarely in sg., Corinn. 19 (s.v.l.); Φέρειν ἐν τῇ ἀ. Hdt. 6.61, cf. X.l.c., Timocl. 7.4.

2. bend of knee, Cael.Aur. TP 5.1.2.

II metaph., anything closely enfolding, κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαις Archil. 23; πετραία ἀ. A. Pr. 1019; πόντιαι ἀ. Id. Ch. 587, cf. E. Or. 1378; πελαγίοις ἐν ἀ. Nausicr. 1.3; of the air, γῆν..ἔχονθ' ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀ. E. Fr. 941.

III bundle, sheaf, BGU 1180 (i B. C.), PLond. 1.131r396 (i A. D.), POxy. 935.19 (iii A. D.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀγκάλη , -ης , ἡ

(<ἄγκος , a bend),

[in LXX for H6102, H2436;]

the bent arm: Luke 2:28 (cf. ἐναγκαλίζομαι ).†

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

With the use of ἀγκάλη in Luke 2:28, cf. OGIS 56.60 (Canopus decree, B.C. 239) (τις) τῶν. . . ἱερέων πρὸς τὸν στολισμὸν τῶν θεῶν οἴσει ἐν ταῖς ἀγκαλαῖς. For the derived sense of ";bundle"; (i.e. ";armful";) see P Lond 131 recto .437 (A.D. 78–9) ( = I. p. 183) δεσμεύων ἀγκάλας, P Oxy VI. 935.18 ff. (iii/A.D.) ἡ μεταφ [ορὰ ] τῶν ἀνκαλῶν ἔστε εὐθ [έ ]ως ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός, ";the transport of the bundles will be performed immediately by my father"; (Edd.).

[Supplemental from 1930 edition]

ἀγκλη. Cf. ἀνκαλισμός in P Oxy XIV. 1631.9 (A.D. 280).

List of Word Forms

αγκάλαις αγκαλας αγκάλας ἀγκάλας αγκαλίδα αγκαλών ankalas ankálas

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