Strong H2239זֶ֫רֶת
span
- Transliteration
- zereth
- Pronunciation
- zeh'-reth
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H2219; the spread of the {fingers} that {is} a span: - span.
Detailed definition
1) span
1a) a unit of measure, approx half-cubit, or the distance from the thumb to the little finger on an outstretched hand
1a) a unit of measure, approx half-cubit, or the distance from the thumb to the little finger on an outstretched hand
In the Bible
Strong H2239 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- span5
First verses
- Exodus 28:16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
- Exodus 39:9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
- 1 Samuel 17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
- Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
- Ezekiel 43:13And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.