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Lexicon :: Strong's H2947 - ṭep̄aḥ

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טֶפַח
Transliteration
ṭep̄aḥ
Pronunciation
tay'-fakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 818b

Strong’s Definitions

טֵפַח ṭêphach, tay'-fakh; from H2946; a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm):—coping, hand-breadth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H2947 in the following manner: hand breath (3x), coping (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H2947 in the following manner: hand breath (3x), coping (1x).

  1. span, width of the hand, hand breadth

    1. a unit of measurement, measurement of length

  2. coping (an architectural term)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טֵפַח ṭêphach, tay'-fakh; from H2946; a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm):—coping, hand-breadth.
STRONGS H2947: Abbreviations
† טֶ֫פַח noun [masculine] 1. a span, hand-breadth; 2. coping (?); —
1. a span, hand-breadth, טֶ֫פַח 1 Kings 7:26 2 Chronicles 4:5 of thickness of the molten sea; plural טְפָחוֺת Psalm 39:6 (a few) hand-breadths are my days.
2. architectural term, perhaps coping, וּמִמַּסַּד עַדהַֿטְּפָחוֺת 1 Kings 7:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

7:9; 7:26

2 Chronicles

4:5

Psalms

39:6

H2947

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2947 matches the Hebrew טֶפַח (ṭep̄aḥ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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All H3605 of these H428 were made of valuable H3368 stones H68, of stone H1496 cut H1496 according to measure H4060, sawed H1641 with saws H4050, inside H4480 H1004 and outside H4480 H2351; even from the foundation H4527 to the [fn]coping H2947, and from the outside H2351 to the large H1419 courtyard H2691.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - And it was a [fn]hand H2947 width H2947 thick H5672, and its brim H8193 was made H4639 like the brim H8193 of a cup H3563, like a lily H7799 blossom H6525; it could hold H3557 [fn]two thousand H505 baths H1324.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - It was a [fn]hand H2947 width H2947 thick H5672, and its brim H8193 was made H4639 like the brim H8193 of a cup H3563, like a lily H7799 blossom H6525; it could hold H3557 three H7969 thousand H505 [fn]baths H1324.

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“Behold H2009, You have made H5414 my days H3117 like [fn]hand H2947 widths H2947,

And my lifetime H2465 as nothing H369 in Your sight H5048;

Certainly H389 all H3605 mankind H120 standing H5324 is [fn]a mere H3605 breath H1892. Selah H5542

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