an'-k'-l (in older editions of the King James Version, ancle): From Hebrew me'aphecayim literally, "water of ankles," i.e. shallow water (Eze 47:3); "anklebones" (Ac 3:7) from sphudron "ankle chains" (the King James Version "chains"), from a Hebrew root meaning "to walk about proudly" (Nu 31:50). The same Hebrew word is translated "bracelet" (2Sa 1:10), but inIsa 3:20another word from the same root "ankle chains" (the King James Version "ornaments of the legs"). CompareANKLET(Isa 3:18).
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.