Arm (physical)
Arm (physical)
used in the plural, in Luk 2:28, originally denoted “the curve, or the inner angle, of the arm.” The word is derived from a term signifying “to bend, to curve;” the Eng. “angle” is connected.
Note: Enankalizomai (en, “in,” and a verb akin to No. 1), “to take into the arms, to embrace,” is used in Mar 9:36; Mar 10:16, of the tenderness of Christ towards little children.
“the shorter part of the arm, from the shoulder to the elbow,” is used metaphorically to denote strength, power, and always in the NT of the power of God, Luk 1:51; Joh 12:38; Act 13:17; frequently so in the OT, especially in Deuteronomy, the Psalms and Isaiah; see, e.g., Deu 4:34; Deu 5:15; Psa 44:3; Psa 71:18, where “strength” is, lit., “arm;” Psa 77:15; Isa 26:11, where “hand” is, lit., “arm;” Isa 30:30; Isa 40:10-11, etc.