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FATHOM
A unit for measuring the depth of water. The fathom is commonly viewed as being four cubits (c. 6 feet; c. 1.8 meters) and approximately corresponds to the distance between the fingertips of a man’s two hands when his arms are stretched in opposite directions.—Acts 27:28.
