Strong G4435πυγμή
fist
- Transliteration
- pugmē
- Pronunciation
- poog-may'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From a primary word πύζ pux (the fist as a weapon); the clenched hand that is (only in the dative case as adverb) with the fist (hard scrubbing): - oft.
Detailed definition
πυγμή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Exo.21:18, Isa.58:4 (אֶגְרֹף) *;]
the fist: πυγμῇ νίψασθαι τ. χῖρας (Τ, πυκνά; Vg., Goth., Copt., crebro), to wash the hands with the fist (diligently, R, txt.; up to the elbow, R, mg.; the exact meaning is doubtful; see Swete, in l): Mrk.7:3.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.21:18, Isa.58:4 (אֶגְרֹף) *;]
the fist: πυγμῇ νίψασθαι τ. χῖρας (Τ, πυκνά; Vg., Goth., Copt., crebro), to wash the hands with the fist (diligently, R, txt.; up to the elbow, R, mg.; the exact meaning is doubtful; see Swete, in l): Mrk.7:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4435 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- oft1
First verses
- Mark 7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πυγμ-ή, ἡ,
(πύξ) fist, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 71, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1368; τῇ π. θενών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1384; πυγμῇ πατάξαι LXX.Exo.21.18, cf. LXX.Isa.58.4.)]
2 boxing, as an athletic contest, πυγμῇ νικήσαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.669; πυγμὴν νικᾶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1031; ἄνδρας πυγμὰν ἐνίκα Ὀλύμπια “Anthologia Graeca” 6.256 (Antip.); πυγμᾶς ἄποινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.16, compare 10(11).67)]; πυγμὴν or τὴν π. ἀσκεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 795b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.24)]; frequently in Inscrr., e.g. πυγμὴν Ζωΐλος (i.e. ἐνίκησε) [Refs (“IG” 7.1765 (from Thespiae), etc.)]
2.b generally, fight, π. μονομάχων καὶ θηρίων Edict.Caes. cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.10.6, compare 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 5.58)]; εἰς π. καθίστασθαι, τρέπεσθαι, of partridges, [Refs (“Geoponica” 14.20.1,2.)]
3 in [NT (NT.Mark.7.3, πυγμῇ νίψασθαι)] is interpretation diligently (variant{πυκνά}, often).
II a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles,= [Refs 4th c.BC+ (18 δάκτυλοι, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.5, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.147, 158.)]
(πύξ) fist, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 71, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1368; τῇ π. θενών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1384; πυγμῇ πατάξαι LXX.Exo.21.18, cf. LXX.Isa.58.4.)]
2 boxing, as an athletic contest, πυγμῇ νικήσαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.669; πυγμὴν νικᾶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1031; ἄνδρας πυγμὰν ἐνίκα Ὀλύμπια “Anthologia Graeca” 6.256 (Antip.); πυγμᾶς ἄποινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.16, compare 10(11).67)]; πυγμὴν or τὴν π. ἀσκεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 795b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.24)]; frequently in Inscrr., e.g. πυγμὴν Ζωΐλος (i.e. ἐνίκησε) [Refs (“IG” 7.1765 (from Thespiae), etc.)]
2.b generally, fight, π. μονομάχων καὶ θηρίων Edict.Caes. cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.10.6, compare 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 5.58)]; εἰς π. καθίστασθαι, τρέπεσθαι, of partridges, [Refs (“Geoponica” 14.20.1,2.)]
3 in [NT (NT.Mark.7.3, πυγμῇ νίψασθαι)] is interpretation diligently (variant{πυκνά}, often).
II a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles,= [Refs 4th c.BC+ (18 δάκτυλοι, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.5, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.147, 158.)]