FATHOM.See Weights and Measures.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Fathom. See Weights and Measures.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
fath?um (ὀργυιά, ̬orguiá): The literal meaning is the length of the outstretched arms, and it was regarded as equal to 4 cubits, or about 6 feet. (Act_27:28). See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Fathom
(ὀργυιά), a nautical measure of six (Greek) feet in length (strictly 6-81 Engl, feet); properly (as the word implies) the space which one can cover by extending the arms laterally (Act_27:28). SEE MEASURE.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.