חֹפֶן
ḥōpen
hollow of hand
Strong's H2651NounHebrewTWOT 709a

חֹפֶן (ḥōpen) is a Hebrew noun meaning hollow of hand. It appears 6 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2651).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 709a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 709a)hollow of hand; fist; hands, handful
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֹ֫פֶן noun, masculine: hollow of hand

Strong's H2651 חֹפֶן: a fist (only in the dual)
KJV:fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 709: חפן ḥpn — take with both hands, handful, fill the hands

See it in Scripture

Exodus 9:8Leviticus 16:12Proverbs 30:4

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