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LEG.—1. kĕrâ‘ ayim, a fem. dual, in which form alone it appears (Exo_12:9 etc.). It denotes the legs from knee to ankle (Gesenius). 2. regel (1Sa_17:6), lit. ‘foot.’ 3. shôq, the leg, apparently including the thigh, for which it stands in Exo_29:22; Exo_29:27, Lev_7:32-34; Lev_8:25 f., Lev_9:21; Lev_10:14 f., Num_6:20; Num_18:18, 1Sa_9:24, in all of which AV [Note: Authorized Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘shoulder,’ but RV [Note: Revised Version.] , correctly, ‘thigh.’ In Psa_147:10 shôqç hâ-îsh may mean ‘foot-soldiers.’ The proverbial phrase ‘hip and thigh,’ is literally ‘leg upon thigh’ (Jdg_15:3), descriptive of the confusion of severed limbs. 4, shôbel (Isa_47:2) means ‘train’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] , correctly, ‘strip off the train’). 5. skelos (Joh_19:31 ff.). To hasten the death of the crucified, it was customary to break their legs.
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