Friday, April 18, 2008

Word of the Day - 4/18/2008

Axilla

Axilla is the anatomical name for the armpit.

To more comfortably retrieve Jeremiah from a cistern, Ebed-melech providing the prophet with rags and worn-out clothes to cushion his axillae.

Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Now put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes"; and Jeremiah did so. (Jeremiah 38:12, NASB

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