 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...Perthshire. In measuring length, we reckon by feet, yards, miles, &c. A foot is twelve inches ; a cubit is the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, or about eighteen inches ; a yard is three feet ; a mile is one thousand seven hundred and sixty yards... | |
 | Henry Neumann, Giuseppe Baretti - English language - 1839 - 792 pages
...trick or outwit a person. Codillos, Is" ii d of files used by silversmiths. C6DO, sm. 1 . Elbow, the next joint or curvature of the arm below the shoulder....3 fingers longer than the common. Dar de eodo, To elbow, to push with the elbow, to treat with contempt. Hailar con los codos, To chatter, to prattle.... | |
 | Charles Robson - Greek language, Biblical - 1839 - 540 pages
...contr. 7Г7)х»", pr. the fore-arm, from the wrist to the elbow; in NT e cubit, the common ancient measure of length, equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, and usually rpckoned at 1J foot; Matt. 6. 27 iriix"" fva, John 21. 8 iis... | |
 | Richard William Howard Vyse - Egypt - 1842 - 302 pages
...there were various sorts of cubits, but that the length of the ordinary cubit (as the name implies) was the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, and was supposed to contain six hands' breadths, each of which was subdivided into four fingers' breadths.... | |
 | 1844 - 444 pages
...or trade. Creditor ; one who lends, or trusts another. Crucify ; to put to death on a cross. Cubit; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, half a yard. The sacred cubit was double this. Cumbered ; hindered ; occupied. Custody ; safe keeping... | |
 | Jonathan Wade - English language - 1849 - 1034 pages
...down stairs, over bridges, and the like, as s8oac<¿5 and c8iosc<¿5o or cq5'?001'1 or cqSctjjSivi the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger ; a cubit. or çdaçesifij« the inside of the hand, the part used in handling things ; also tendrils... | |
 | United States - 1851 - 608 pages
...the length of the foot. Palmipes, the length of the foot, and breadth of four fingers added. Cubitus, the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. Pes Sestertius. Passus. Decempeda. Actus. M ¡Шarе. The following is the ancient Roman table of lengths... | |
 | United States - 1851 - 702 pages
...the length of the foot. Palmipes, the length of the foot, and breadth of four fingers added. Cubitus, the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. Pes Sestertius. Passus. Decempeda. Ac t us. Milliare. The following is the ancient Roman table of lengths... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1851 - 618 pages
...form contr. irrjxwc, pr. the fore-arm, from the wrist to the elbow; in NT о cubit, the common ancient measure of length, equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, and usually reckoned at 1§ foot; Matt. 6. 27 тгт)хис 'éva, John 21.... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - Bible and geology - 1853 - 428 pages
...to the diversity in eize or stature of the people respectively, or the length of the loner arm — the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger of their men of average size. The lesser or common cubit is reckoned at eighteen inches. The Egyptian,... | |
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Cubit, a measure of length equal to the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. 
