te.phach H2947

טֶ֫פַח (te.phach) means “handbreadth” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

טֶ֫פַח Hebrew · H2947 4 tagged occurrences in 4 verses

Pronunciation guide: tay'-fakh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2947

טֶ֫פַח · te.phach · handbreadth

1) span, width of the hand, hand breadth 1a) a unit of measurement, measurement of length 2) coping (an architectural term)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H2946 (טָפַח); a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)

KJV glosses: coping, hand-breadth.

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How translators render H2947

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
it was a handbreadth	2
as handbreadths	1
the eaves	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
an handbreadth	2
an hand breadth	1
unto the coping	1

Verses containing H2947

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1 Kings 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
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1 Kings 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
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2 Chronicles 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
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Psalms 39:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 39.6

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