Strong's Hebrew · H2239
זֶרֶת
zereth · zeh'-reth
span.
Definition
the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
Derivation
from H2219 (זָרָה);
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,”
“It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.”
“It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.”
“These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:”
“Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).