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Nave Topical Bible
• Left-Handed
• Laying On of Hands
• Imposition of Hands
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Scofield Reference Index
• At Hand
Thompson Chain Reference
• Lifting Up Hands
• Laying On of Hands
• Imposition of Hands
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Left Handed: & Benjamin
• Hands; Clapping - in Respect
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Hands, the
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American Church Dictionary
• Laying On of Hands
• Imposition of Hands
American Tract Society
• Right-Hand
• Hand
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Laying On of Hands
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Right Hand
• Laying On of Hands
• Hand, Right Hand
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Imposition of Hands
CARM Theological Dictionary
• Laying On of Hands
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Left-Handed
• Left Hand
• Hand
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Laying On of Hands
• Hand
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Left Hand
• Laying On of Hands
• Imposition of Hands
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• Laying On of Hands
• Hand
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Right Hand
• Laying On of Hands
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• Handful
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• Hand
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Laying On of Hands
• Hands, Laying On of
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• O God, Whose Hand Hath Spread the Sky
• Imposition of Hands
• Hands, Imposition of
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Imposition of Hands
• Hand
People's Bible Dictionary
• Washing of the Hands and Feet
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Washing The Hands and Feet
• Laying On of Hands
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Right, Right Hand, Right Side
• Hands (2)
• Hands
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• Right Hand
• Palm (of Hand)
• Hand
Wilson's Bible Types
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• Hand
Webster Dictionary
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• Text Hand
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Hand
• Imposition of Hands
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• Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand
• Hand
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Hand
• Hand Weapon
• Handful
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Hand
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Ablution of Hands
• Hand
• Hand, Aaron Hicks, D.D.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Iron Hand
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Imposition of Hands
• Washing of Feet and Hands
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• Hand
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• ܐܺܝܕ݂ܳܐ
• ܝܰܡܶܢ
• ܣܺܝܡܳܐ
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hand´fool : There are five words in Hebrew used to indicate what may be held in the hand, either closed or open.

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

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

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

(5) שׁעל , shō‛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) פסּה , piṣṣāh ( Psalm 72:16 ) is rendered "handful" by the King James Version, but is properly "abundance" as in the Revised Version (British and American).