Quick Definition
an arm
Strong's Definition
an arm (as curved)
Derivation: from (a bend, "ache");
KJV Usage: arm
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγκάλη, (ης, ἡ (ἀγκη, ἀγκάς (from the root ak to bend, curve, cf. Latinuncus,angulus, English angle, etc.; cf. Curtius, § 1; Vanicek, p. 2f)), the curve or inner angle of the arm: δέξασθαι εἰς τάς ἀγκάλας, Luk_2:28. The greeks also said ἀγκάς λαβεῖν ἐν ἀγκάλαις περιφέρειν, etc., see ἐναγκαλίζομαι. ((From Aeschylus and Herodotus down.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀγκάλη ankalē 1x
the arm,
Luk_2:28
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀγκάλη , -ης , ἡ
( <ἄγκος , a bend ),
[in LXX for H6102 , H2436 ;]
the bent arm: Luk_2:28 ( cf. ἐναγκαλίζομαι ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀγκάλη [page 4]
With the use of ἀγκάλη in Luk_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).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀγκάλη [Etym: ἄγκος] "the bent arm", Hdt. , etc.; mostly in pl., ἐν ἀγκάλαις "in the arms", Aesch. , Eur. ; ἐν ταῖς ἀγκ. Xen.;—in sg., φέρειν ἐν τῇ ἀγκάλῃ Hdt. metaph. "anything closely enfolding", πετραία ἀγκάλη Aesch. ; πόντιαι ἀγκάλαι "bights or arms of the sea", id=Aesch. ; κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαις Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀγκάλη,-ης, ἡ
(ἄγκος, a bend), [in LXX for אַצִּיל, חֵיק ;]
the bent arm: Luk.2:28 (cf. ἐναγκαλίζομαι).†
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