cubit/hour

Greek Noun Male

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. (AS)

cubit/hour

Greek Noun Male

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'.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

the fore-arm, i.e. (as a measure) a cubit; cubit; of uncertain affinity