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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #2947 - טֶפַח
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2238) hpu (תהפהה ThPHh) AC: Span CO: Span AB: ?: The span of the fingers as spread out and used as a measure. [from: hp]
V) hpu (תהפהה ThPHh) - I. Span:To spread out as the fingers of the hand. II. R KJV (2): (vf: Piel) span, swaddle - Strongs: H2946 (טָפַח)
Nm ) hpu (תהפהה ThPHh) - Span: A length of measure, the span of the fingers of the hand. KJV (4): breath, coping - Strongs: H2947 (טֶפַח)
gm) hpfu (תהופהה ThWPHh) - Span: A length of measure, the span of the fingers of the hand. KJV (5): breadth, broad - Strongs: H2948 (טֹפַח)
hf2) thpum (מתהפההת MThPHhT) - Cloak: As a garment that spreads out. KJV (2): vail - Strongs: H4304 (מִטְפַּחַת)
ecm) hfpiu (תהיפוהה ThYPWHh) - Rearing: The bringing up and rearing of children. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (1): breadth, broad - Strongs: H2949 (טִפֻּחִים)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
טֶפַח m.
(1) properly, the open hand, the palm, in all its occurrences used as the measure of four fingers [a hand-breadth], 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:5 comp. Jeremiah 52:21. Psalms 39:6, הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָחַתָּה יָמַי “behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths,” i.e. very short.
(2) in architecture, mutuli; i.e. projecting stones, on the tops of which beams rest (Kragfteine), 1 Kings 7:9. LXX. τὰ γείσεα.
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20