Strong's Hebrew · H2948

טֹפַח

ṭôphach · to'-fakh

hand-breadth (broad).

Definition

{a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)}

Derivation

from H2946 (טָפַח) (the same as H2947 (טֵפַח))

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Ezekiel 40:43

The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.

Exodus 25:25

And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

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:

Exodus 37:12

And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

Ezekiel 40:5

And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

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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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