International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Ankle

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Ankle


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an´k'l (in older editions of the King James Version, ancle): From Hebrew מי אפסים, mē'āpheṣayim literally, “water of ankles,” i.e. shallow water (); “anklebones” () from σφυδρόν, sphudrón “ankle chains” (the King James Version “chains”), from a Hebrew root meaning “to walk about proudly” (). The same Hebrew word is translated “bracelet” (), but in another word from the same root “ankle chains” (the King James Version “ornaments of the legs”). Compare ANKLET ().