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

1 Samuel 17:4

Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

Exodus 39:9

It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

Exodus 28:16

It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

Ezekiel 43:13

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:

Isaiah 40:12

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).

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