Bible dictionaries
Handbreadth
What Bible dictionaries say about “Handbreadth”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Handbreadth - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
A measure of four fingers, equal to about four inches (Ex. 25:25; 37:12; Ps. 39:5, etc.).
Handbreadth - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
HAND'BREADTH, n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. Exo 25.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
hand'-bredth (Tephach, Tophach, 1Ki 7:26; 2Ch 4:5; Ps 39:5; Ex 25:25; 37:12; Eze 40:5,43; 43:13): A Hebrew linear measure containing 4 fingers, or digits, and equal to about 3 inches.
See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915