Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2947
טֶ֫פַח
te.phach · “handbreadth”
Used 4 times across 3 books
Definition
1) span, width of the hand, hand breadth
1a) a unit of measurement, measurement of length
2) coping (an architectural term)
1a) a unit of measurement, measurement of length
2) coping (an architectural term)
Where it appears
1 Kings2
2 Chronicles1
Psalms1
In the text
1 Kings 7:9All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.1 Kings 7:26And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.2 Chronicles 4:5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.Psalms 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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