טֶפַח
ṭepaḥ
a span
Strong's H2947NounHebrewTWOT 818b

טֶפַח (ṭepaḥ) is a Hebrew noun meaning a span. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2947).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 818b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 818b)a span, hand-breadth, coping; spread of the hand, palm-breadth, corbel
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

טֶ֫פַח noun, masculine: a span, hand-breadth, coping

Strong's H2947 טֵפַח: a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)
KJV:coping, hand-breadth.

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 818: טָפַח ṭāpaḥ — extend, spread; flatten, nurse, promotive; span, swaddle

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 7:92 Chronicles 4:5

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