STRONGS G43:
ἀγκάλη, -ης, ἡ (ἀγκη, ἀγκάς [from the root ak to bend, curve, cf. Latin uncus, angulus, English angle, etc.; cf. Curtius, § 1; Vanicek, p. 2f]), the curve or inner angle of the arm: δέξασθαι εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας, Luke 2:28.
The Greeks also said ἀγκὰς λαβεῖν ἐν ἀγκάλαις περιφέρειν, etc., see ἐναγκαλίζομαι. [(From Aeschylus and Herodotus down.)]
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- Luke 2:28
