THIGH

The mode of taking an oath, alluded to in Ge 24:2-9 47:29-31, was significant of the swearer’s obligation to obedience. Jacob’s thigh was disabled by the Angel, to show the patriarch that his prevalence was through his faith and prayer, not through force, Ge 32:25-31. Smiting the thigh was a gesture of self-condemnation and grief, Jer 31:19 Eze 21:12. Warriors wore their swords upon the left thigh, unless left-handed in readiness for use, Jud 3:15-21 Ps 45:3 So 3:8; so too they may have borne their names and titles, not only on their shields, but on their swords, or on the rove or mailed coat covering the thigh, Re 19:16. "Hip and thigh," Jud 15:8, seems to mean utterly and irrecoverably.

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thigh. Thigh, n. the part between the led and body

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Thigh (?), n. [[OE. thi, �ih, �eh, AS. �eóh; akin to OFries. thiach, D. dij, dije, OHG. dioh, thioh, Icel. �jō thigh, rump, and probably to Lith. taukas fat of animals, tuk�i to become fat, Russ. tuke fat of animals. √56.]] 1. 1. (Anat.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
Thigh bone (Anat.), the femur.