1. (n.) As much as the hand will grasp or contain.

2. (n.) A hand's breadth; four inches.

3. (n.) A small quantity.

HANDFUL

hand'-fool: There are five words in Hebrew used to indicate what may be held in the hand, either closed or open.

(1) chophen, chophnayim. The fist or closed hand occurs in the dual in Exodus 9:8, where it signifies what can be taken in the two hands conjoined, a double handful.

(2) kaph, "hollow of the hand," the palm; an open handful (Leviticus 9:17 1 Kings 17:12 Ecclesiastes 4:6).

(3) `amir, "sheaf or bundle." It signifies the quantity of grain a gleaner may gather in his hand (Jeremiah 9:22 (Hebrew 21)).

(4) qomets, "the closed handful" (Genesis 41:47 Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 6:15 (Hebrew 6:8); Numbers 5:26).

(5) sho`al, "the hollow of the hand," or what can be held in it (1 Kings 20:10 Ezekiel 13:19). In Isaiah 40:12 it signifies "measure."

(6) piccah (Psalm 72:16) is rendered "handful" by the King James Version, but is properly "abundance" as in the Revised Version (British and American).

H. Porter

3459. mulon -- mill.
... people. One person dropped a handful of grain on a lower stone, while the other
rubbed another stone back-and-forth on it to grind the grain. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3459.htm - 6k8168. shoal -- hollow hand, handful
... 8167, 8168. shoal. 8169 . hollow hand, handful. Transliteration: shoal Phonetic
Spelling: (sho'-al) Short Definition: handfuls. ... handful, hollow of the hand. ...
/hebrew/8168.htm - 6k

7062. qomets -- closed hand, fist
... 7061, 7062. qomets. 7063 . closed hand, fist. Transliteration: qomets Phonetic
Spelling: (ko'mets) Short Definition: handful. ... handful. ...
/hebrew/7062.htm - 6k

7061. qamats -- enclose with the hand, grasp
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition enclose with the hand, grasp NASB Word
Usage take (2), take a handful (1). take an handful. A ...
/hebrew/7061.htm - 6k

5995. amir -- a swath, row of fallen grain
... sheaves (3). handful, sheaf. From amar; a bunch of grain -- handful, sheaf. see
HEBREW amar. 5994, 5995. amir. 5996 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/5995.htm - 6k

6653. tsebathim -- bundles (of grain)
... handful. From an unused root apparently meaning to grip; a lock of stalks --
handful. 6652, 6653. tsebathim. 6654 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/6653.htm - 5k

6451. pissah -- probably abundance, plenty
... abundance (1). handful. From pacac; expansion, ie Abundance -- handful. see HEBREW
pacac. 6450, 6451. pissah. 6452 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/6451.htm - 6k

3709. kaph -- hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot) ...
... palm, sole (of the foot), a pan NASB Word Usage branches (1), earnings* (1), footstep*
(1), give pledges* (1), grasp (2), hand (46), handful* (1), handles (1 ...
/hebrew/3709.htm - 6k

4393. melo -- fullness, that which fills
... fills NASB Word Usage all (2), all it contains (8), all its fullness (1), band
(1), contains (1), fill (1), full (11), fullness (4), handful* (3), handfuls* (2 ...
/hebrew/4393.htm - 6k

2651. chophen -- the hollow of the hand
... fists, both hands, handful. From an unused root of uncertain signification; a fist
(only in the dual) -- fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful). 2650, 2651. ...
/hebrew/2651.htm - 6k

September the Twenty-Second the Handful of Meal
... SEPTEMBER The Twenty-second THE HANDFUL OF MEAL. ... But how strange that a widow with
only "a handful of meal" should be "commanded" to offer hospitality! ...
/.../september the twenty-second the handful.htm

Paul at Philippi
... insignificant knot of people than the little weather- beaten Jew, travel-stained,
of weak bodily presence, and of contemptible speech, with the handful of his ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/paul at philippi.htm

Elijah Fed by Ravens.
... The widow turned and said, "As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but only
a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/elijah fed by ravens.htm

"The Widow Woman was There. " I Kings xvii. 10
... I have only a handful of meal, and I had come out to gather some sticks that I might
bake a little cake for me and the lad, and then we shall have to die of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxxvii the widow woman was.htm

Salt Without Savour
... A Galilean peasant, with a few of his rude countrymen who had gathered round him,
stands up there on the mountain, and says to them, 'You, a handful, are the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/salt without savour.htm

Concerning the Festivals; and How Each Day of Such Festival is to ...
... obtain this plentiful provision, in the first place, they offer the first-fruits
of their barley, and that in the manner following: They take a handful of the ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 concerning the festivals.htm

Science and the Savages
... A man might work out the whole of mathematics with a handful of pebbles, but not
with a handful of clay which was always falling apart into new fragments, and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xi science and the savages.htm

The Life of Sir Rob^T. Hamilton of Preston.
... After this he returned with that little handful to Evandale, where he was by them
appointed to command in chief June 1st, at the skirmish of Drumclog, wherein ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of sir rob%5Et.htm

A Nickname Accepted
... A handful of large-hearted, brave men, anonymous fugitives belonging to the little
Church in Jerusalem, had come down to Antioch; and there, without ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a nickname accepted.htm

The Inexhaustible Barrel
... And now she has come forth with a double trouble, to gather a handful of
sticks to dress her last meal, that she may eat it and die. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/the inexhaustible barrel.htm

Memorial-part (7 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:2 and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take
thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with ...
/m/memorial-part.htm - 8k

Sheaves (13 Occurrences)
... It is a custom in parts of Syria for the gatherers of the sheaves to run toward
a passing horseman and wave a handful of grain, shouting kemshi, kemshi ...
/s/sheaves.htm - 12k

Sheaf (11 Occurrences)
... It is a custom in parts of Syria for the gatherers of the sheaves to run toward
a passing horseman and wave a handful of grain, shouting kemshi, kemshi ...
/s/sheaf.htm - 12k

Memorial (54 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take
his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and ...
/m/memorial.htm - 28k

Portion (227 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take
his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and ...
/p/portion.htm - 41k

Soothing (40 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take
his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and ...
/s/soothing.htm - 18k

Odour (43 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take
thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all ...
/o/odour.htm - 20k

Aroma (50 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take
his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and ...
/a/aroma.htm - 23k

Smoke (98 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:2 and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take
thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with ...
/s/smoke.htm - 39k

Odor (46 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take
his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and ...
/o/odor.htm - 22k

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