Lexical Definition

‎ἀγκάλη‎ ankálē (ang-kal'-ay) arm ^G:N-F
from (a bend, "ache")

arm.

• an arm (as curved)

Abbott-Smith

ἀγκάλη, -ης, ἡ (< ἄγκος, a bend), [in LXX for אַצִּיל, חֵיק;]
the bent arm: Lk 2:28 (cf. ἐναγκαλίζομαι).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀγκάλη [ᾰ], ἡ,

bent arm, mostly in plural, ἐν ἀγκάλαις[Refs 5th c.BC+]; without ἐν, ἀγκάλαις ἔχειν, περιΦέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἀγκάλαις πεσεῖν[Refs]: rarely in singular, [Refs 6th c.BC+]

__2 bend of knee, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, anything closely enfolding, κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαις[Refs 7th c.BC+]; of the air, γῆν..ἔχονθ᾽ ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III bundle, sheaf, [Refs 1st c.BC+]