Orguia denotes a measured depth in the sounding reports of Acts 27:28.

The attested use denotes a unit of measured depth: in Acts 27:28, the accusative plural form occurs in successive sounding results of twenty and fifteen.

1. Measured depth in soundings · dominant

   In Acts 27:28, ὀργυιὰς is accusative plural within two reports of sounding results, first twenty and then fifteen. The APB renders the clause "They sounded and found twenty fathoms; then after passing a little they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms."

   Acts 27:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:28, the APB presents the measurement as "twenty fathoms" and "fifteen fathoms" in successive sounding reports.