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Strong's Hebrew

2947. tephach -- a span, handbreadth, coping
... Word Origin from taphach Definition a span, handbreadth, coping NASB Word Usage
coping (1), handbreadth (2), handbreadths (1). coping, hand-breadth. ...
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2948. tophach -- a span, handbreadth
... Definition: handbreadth. Word Origin from taphach Definition a span, handbreadth
NASB Word Usage handbreadth (5). hand-breadth broad. From ...
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Library

The Want of Power to Believe
... but no so absolutely close as to be in actual contact with you as you are; not so
entirely close but that there is a little space, just a hand breadth or a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bonar/gods way of peace/chapter x the want of.htm

The Bitterness and Blessedness of the Brevity of Life
... than petition"and which is absorbed in the contemplation of the manifest melancholy
facts of human life"'Thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the bitterness and blessedness of.htm

God's Waiting and Man's
... short. And when the perfect fruition is come, and we enter into the great
spaces of Eternity, it will seem as an handbreadth. 'Take ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/gods waiting and mans.htm

Whether the Whole Good of Human Nature Can be Destroyed by Sin
... text 37, any finite magnitude will at length be exhausted if the same quantity is
repeatedly taken from it"if I were to subtract a handbreadth from a finite ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article two whether the whole.htm

Psalm 39
... What is the same; that I thereby. my frailty well may know. ^5Lo, thou my days an
handbreadth mad'st; mine age is in thine eye. As nothing: sure each man at best ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 39.htm

Chastisements.
... Not only he himself, with his handbreadth of days, that shrink into absolute
nothingness when brought into contrast with the life of God, but "every man," even ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/xiv chastisements.htm

Clairvoyance
... And even to convey the simpler truth that life is short, we find only references
to short things that are seen"a handbreadth, a pilgrimage, a flower, a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/clairvoyance.htm

"What is Your Life?"
... It is a handbreadth; a weaver's shuttle; nothing; an eagle hasting to the prey;
a swift post; a swift ship. ... "My days are as an handbreadth.". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/what is your life.htm

In Death and after Death
... standing, and in front; it is generally about a hand-breadth in length. ... be contiguous,
only separated"it was said, perhaps allegorically"by an handbreadth. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 10 in death and.htm

Second Great Group of Parables.
... Lightfoot, a wall and not a gulf separated between the just and the unjust, and
they were not "afar off" from each other, the distance being but a handbreadth. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcii second great group of 6.htm

Thesaurus

Handbreadth (9 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HANDBREADTH. ...Handbreadth (9 Occurrences).
Exodus 25:25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. ...
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Hand-breadth (7 Occurrences)
Hand-breadth. Handbreadth, Hand-breadth. Handbreadths . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(WBS). Handbreadth, Hand-breadth. Handbreadths . Reference Bible.
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Rim (18 Occurrences)
... Rim (18 Occurrences). Exodus 25:25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around
it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it. (WEB NAS NIV). ...
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Thickness (12 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:26 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work ...
2 Chronicles 4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of ...
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Measuring (42 Occurrences)
... The reed is described as 6 cubits long, "of a cubit and a handbreadth each," ie
the cubit used was a handbreadth longer than the common cubit (see CUBIT ...
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Lilies (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:26 And it was an handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought ... 2
Chronicles 4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it ...
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Lily-blossoms (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:26 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work
of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths. (DBY). ...
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Molding (10 Occurrences)
... (WEB RSV NIV). Exodus 25:25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You
shall make a golden molding on its rim around it. (WEB RSV NIV). ...
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Margin (4 Occurrences)
... Exodus 25:25 And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and ...
Exodus 37:12 And he made for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about; and ...
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Brim (9 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:26 It was a handbreadth thick: and its brim was worked like the brim
of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths. ...
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Bible Concordance

Hand-breadth (7 Occurrences)

Exodus 25:25 And thou shalt make to it a border of an hand-breadth around it, and thou shalt make a golden crown to its border around it.
(WBS)

Exodus 37:12 And he made for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about; and made a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.
(DBY JPS WBS)

1 Kings 7:26 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths.
(DBY JPS WBS)

2 Chronicles 4:5 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths.
(DBY WBS)

Psalms 39:5 Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
(Root in JPS DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 40:5 And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
(See JPS WBS)

Ezekiel 43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a hand-breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by its edge around shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
(WBS)

Subtopics

Hand-breadth

Related Terms

Hand-breadth (7 Occurrences)

Rim (18 Occurrences)

Thickness (12 Occurrences)

Measuring (42 Occurrences)

Lilies (15 Occurrences)

Lily-blossoms (2 Occurrences)

Molding (10 Occurrences)

Margin (4 Occurrences)

Brim (9 Occurrences)