◄ 4435. pugmé ►
Strong's Concordance pugmé: the fist Original Word: πυγμή, ῆς, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pugmé Phonetic Spelling: (poog-may') Short Definition: the fist Definition: the fist. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4435: πυγμή πυγμή, πυγμης, ἡ (πύξ, from ΠΥΚΩ, Latinpungo, pupugi (pugnus; O. H. G. 'fust', English 'fist'; cf. Curtius, § 384)), from Homer down, the Sept. for אֶנְרוף (Exodus 21:18; Isaiah 58:4), the fist: πυγμή νίπτεσθαι τάς χεῖρας, to wash the hands with the fist, i. e. so that one hand is rubbed with the clenched fist of the other (R. V. marginal reading (after Theoph., others) up to the elbow; but cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2:11), Mark 7:3 (where Tdf. πυκνά, see πυκνός). (Cf. James Morison's Commentary at the passage.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fist From a primary pux (the fist as a weapon); the clenched hand, i.e. (only in dative case as adverb) with the fist (hard scrubbing) -- oft. Forms and Transliterations πυγμαίς πυγμη πυγμή πυγμῇ πυθμένα πυθμένες πυθμένι pugme pugmē pygme pygmē pygmêi pygmē̂i Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 4435 1 Occurrence πυγμῇ — 1 Occ. Mark 7:3 N-DFS GRK: ἐὰν μὴ πυγμῇ νίψωνται τὰς NAS: unless they carefully wash KJV: they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, INT: if not carefully they wash the 1 Occurrence