Knee Body Part

† בֶּ֫רֶךְ n.f. Is. 45:23 knee (Assyrian birku Ethiopic ብርክ Aramaic בֶּרֶךְ, ܒܪܽܘܟ; Arabic رُكْنَةٌ ) Is 45:23; du. בִּרְכַּיִם Jb 3:12 + 10 times; sf. בִּרְכַּי etc. Gn 30:3 + 11 times;—knee, knees: מים ברכים water reaching to the knees Ez 47:4; וַתְּנִיעֵנִי על ברכי Dn 10:10; יַכְּכָה בשׁחין רע על הברכים Dt 28:35; כרע על ברכים kneel on knees in worship 1 K 8:54 Ezr 9:5 cf. Is 45:23 1 K 19:18 2 Ch 6:13, in entreaty 2 K 1:13, to drink of a fountain Ju 7:5, 6; שׂם פניו בין ברכיו put his face between his knees in prayer 1 K 18:42; על ברכים upon the knees, Gn 30:3 (E; on תֵּלֵד עַל ב׳ v. PlossDas Weib Aufl. 2. ii. 180 ff. StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) 50:23 (E) Jb 3:12 Ju 16:19 2 K 4:20 Is 6:12; הוציא מעם ברכים Gn 48:12 (E); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror Jb 4:4 Is 35:3 Ez 7:17; 21:12 Na 2:11; or fasting ψ 109:24.

γόνῠ, τό, genitive γόνατος, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect γούνατος (for γόνϝατος) Refs 8th c.BC+: plural nominative __A γούνατα Refs 8th c.BC+; also Epic dialect genitive γουνός (explanation as for γόνυος by Hdn.Gr.2.768, Refs 8th c.BC+:—Aeolic dialect accusative plural γόνα Refs 7th c.BC+ __E has γουνάτων Refs accusative plural was read by Refs 5th c.AD+:—knee, γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων Refs 8th c.BC+: frequently of clasping the knees in earnest supplication, ἥψατο γούνων Refs 5th c.BC+; ποτὶ (variant{περὶ}) or ἀμφὶ γούνασί τινος χεῖρας βαλεῖν Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐς γούνατά τινι or τινος πεσεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; γόνυ τινός or πρὸς γόνυ προσπίπτεινRefs on my knees, Refs 5th c.BC+; πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γ. τινος, tini, Refs 8th c.BC+ __E.2 of a sitting posture, φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γ. κάμψειν will be glad to bend the knee so as to sit down and rest, Refs 8th c.BC+; but also, bow the knee in submission, ἐμοὶ κάμψει (intransitive) πᾶν γ. LXX; γ. ὀκλάζειν τινίLXX on one's knees, ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρός Refs 8th c.BC+; πέπλον.. θεῖναι Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν to lay it on her lap (as an offering), Refs 8th c.BC+ it rests in the lap of.., Refs 8th c.BC+; but ἐν γούνασιν πίτνοντα Νίκας victorious, Refs 5th c.BC+ __E.3 of the knees as the seat of strength, ἐν δὲ βίην ὤμοισι καὶ ἐν γούνεσσιν ἔθηκε Refs 8th c.BC+; of swiftness, λαιψηρά γ. Refs, etc.; ὑπὸ γούνατ᾽ ἔλυσεν Refs; βλάπτειν γ. τινι, κάματος δ᾽ ὑπὸ γ. ἐδάμνα, Refs:—passive, αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα Refs __E.4 metaphorically, ἐς γόνυ βάλλειν bring down upon the knee, i. e. humble, conquer, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς γ. ῥίπτειν, κλίνειν, Refs 4th c.BC+ __E.5 proverbial, ἀπωτέρω ἢ γόνυ κνάμα 'blood is thicker than water', 'charity begins at home', Refs 4th c.BC+ __E.II joint of grasses or plants, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit jā´nu, Latin genu, etc.)

† [אַרְכֻבָּה] n.f. id. (by transp.; cf.𝔗 רְכוּבָא, 𝔗J אַרְכּוּבְתָּא; Chr-Pal. ܐܪܟܘܒܬܐ SchwallyIdiot. 89 (who > expl. from √ רכב, cf.SchulthLex. 194); Arabic رُكْبَةٌ id.);—pl. sf. אַרְכֻבָּתֵהּ Dn 5:6 his knees.

† [בְּרַךְ] n.[f.] knee;—pl. sf. בִּרְכ֫וֹהִי Dn 6:11.