arm
ze.ro.a denotes an arm, especially in portrayals of bodily action, military strength, and God’s decisive acts.
The term most often portrays God’s effective action through the image of an outstretched, strong, or bared arm in deliverance, rule, and judgment. It also denotes a bodily limb in concrete actions such as carrying, working, bending a bow, or wearing an armlet, and it can describe the strength or forces available to a ruler or army.
Senses in use
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God’s effective action and power · dominant
In Exodus 6:6 the singular absolute form occurs with the promised rescue from Egypt and great judgments; the APB renders the clause with an “outstretched arm.” In Isaiah 52:10, the LORD’s holy arm is bared before the nations, while Isaiah 59:16 says that his arm saved when no human intervener was present. These clauses use the limb image for God’s visible and decisive action.
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A bodily limb in concrete action · common
The forms refer to a physical arm in actions and descriptions: in 2 Samuel 1:10 an armlet is upon Saul’s arm, and in Hosea 11:3 Ephraim is taken up upon arms. In 2 Samuel 22:35 arms bend a bronze bow, while Isaiah 44:12 depicts an ironsmith working with the strength of his arm.
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Strength or military force · occasional
In 2 Chronicles 32:8 the contrast is between an “arm of flesh” with the opposing king and the LORD’s help for Judah, placing the term in a statement about available power. Daniel 11:22 and Daniel 11:31 use plural forms in clauses the APB renders as “Armies” and “Forces,” and Ezekiel 30:24–25 contrasts the strengthened arms of Babylon’s king with Pharaoh’s falling arms.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the image as “arm,” often qualified as “outstretched,” “strong,” or “bared”; it also uses “arms” for physical limbs and “Armies” or “Forces” in several conflict clauses. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those English choices indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed equivalents.