Word Summary
brachiōn: the arm
Original Word: βραχίωνTransliteration: brachiōn
Phonetic Spelling: (brakh-ee'-own)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: the arm
Meaning: the arm
Strong's Concordance
arm.
Properly, comparative of brachus, but apparently in the sense of brasso (to wield); the arm, i.e. (figuratively) strength -- arm.
see GREEK brachus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1023: βραχίωνβραχίων,
βραχίονος,
ὁ (from
Homer down),
the arm: the
βραχίων of God is spoken of Hebraistically for
the might, the power of God,
Luke 1:51 (cf.
Deuteronomy 4:34;
Deuteronomy 5:15;
Deuteronomy 26:8);
John 12:38 (
Isaiah 53:1);
Acts 13:17.