Quick Definition
a fathom, about five or six feet
Strong's Definition
a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom
Derivation: from G3713 (ὀρέγομαι);
KJV Usage: fathom
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀργυιά, ὀργυιάς, ἡ (ὀρέγω to stretch out), the distance across the breast front the tip of one middle finger to the tip of the other when the arms are outstretched; five or six feet, a fathom: Act_27:28. (Homer, Herodotus, Xenophon, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀργυιά orgyuia 2x
the space measured by the arms outstretched; a fathom, Act_27:28 (2x)
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ὀργυιά , -ᾶς , ἡ
( < ὀρέγω ),
the length of the outstretched arms, a fathom: Act_27:28 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀργυιά [page 456]
On the accent of ὀργυιά , fathom ( Act_27:28 ), see Winer-Schmiedel Gr. p. 72. The word is found in the fragment of a metrological work, P Oxy IV. 669 .39 (later than A.D. 287) οἱ δ̄ (πήχεις ) ὀργυιά , ὁ̣̓ [ργυιὰ ] δέ ἐστιν ἡ διάστασις τῶν χιρῶ [ν , 4 cubits an ὀργυιά , which is the distance of the outstretched hands (Edd.) : cf. Archiv iii. p. 440.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὀργυιά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(ὀρέγω),
the length of the outstretched arms, a fathom: Act.27:28.†
(AS)