Библейское слово «πῆχυς» в греческих словарях

πῆχυς, εως, ион. εος ὁ (gen. pl. πήχεων, πηχέων и πηχῶν)

1) предплечье (τὰ τῶν βραχιόνων ὀστᾶ καὶ τὰ τῶν πήχεων Plat.);

2) рука Hom. etc.: ἀμφὶ δὲ παιδὶ βάλε πήχεε Hom. (Пенелопа) обвила сына обеими руками;

3) изгиб в середине лука (служивший рукоятью при стрельбе) (τόξου ~ Hom.);

4) рог лиры Her., Luc.;

5) пехий, локоть (мера длины; ~ μέτριος содержал 24 δάκτυλοι, т._е. ок. 46 см, ~ βασιλήϊος — 27 δάκτυλοι) Her., Xen., Plat.;

6) складная измерительная линейка Arph.;

7) угольник Anth.;

8) pl. οἱ πήχεις карлики (человечки, которые изображалась резвящимися вокруг гигантской фигуры бога Нила) Luc.

πῆχυς, -εως genitive pl., -ῶν (for Att.. -εων, see WH, App., 157; Thackeray, Gr., 151; Deiss., BS, 153),
[in LXX chiefly and frequently for אַמָּה ;]
1. the forearm (Hom.).
2. As a measure of length, a cubit: Mat.6:27, Luk.12:25, Jhn.21:8, Rev.21:17.†
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πῆχυς
(Aeolic dialect πᾶχυς [Refs 7th c.BC+], ὁ, genitive πήχεος [LXX+5th c.BC+]: genitive plural πήχεων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; later contraction πηχῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+], Moer.p.327 P.:—forearm, from wrist to elbow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to βραχίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Poets, generally, arm, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἑὸν φίλον υίὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λευκὸν ἀντείνασα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαιὸν ἔπαιρε π. [Refs]
2 Anatomy texts, ulna, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II centrepiece, which joined the two horns of the bow, τόν ῥ᾽ [ὀϊστὸν] ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρήν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III in plural, horns of the lyre, opposed to ζυγόν (the bridge), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2 also, =ζυγόν, crosspiece or bridge in which the horns were fitted, [Refs]
IV in the balance, beam, [Refs]
V as a measure of length, distance from the point of the elbow to that of the middle finger, = 6 παλασταί = 24 δάκτυλοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἰδιωτικός, κοινός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; for later measurements, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
V.2 cubit-rule, as we say 'foot-rule', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as epithet of Nemesis, [Refs]
V.3 metaphorically of any small amount (compare πήχυιος), [NT]; κατὰ πῆχυν little by little, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
VI πήχεις, οἱ, the cubits (of inundation), represented in pictures as children one cubit high playing round the Nile, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Sanskrit bāhú-, Avest. bāzu- (masculine) 'arm', ONorse bógr 'shoulder'.) Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0