Strong's Lexicon

H2947

H2947 — טֵּפַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewtephachnoun mascOccurrences: 4TWOT: 818

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2947
Word:	טֵּפַח
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2946
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	tephach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	tay'-fakh
Meaning:	1. a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm- breadth (not "span" of the fingers) 2. architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)
KJV Renderings:	coping, hand-breadth.

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BDB3364

טֶ֫פַח noun [masculine]

1. a span, hand-breadth;

2. coping (?);

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1. a span, hand-breadth, טֶ֫פַח 1Kgs 7:26 = 2Chr 4:5 of thickness of the molten sea; plural טְפָחוֺת Ps 39:6 (a few) hand-breadths are my days.

2. architectural term, perhaps coping, וּמִמַּסַּד עַדהַֿטְּפָחוֺת 1Kgs 7:9.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טפח (teh’-phagh)

1 Kings 7:9

KJV: All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

EHCC: from the foundation unto the coping,

2 Chronicles 4:5

KJV: And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.with flowers…: or, like a lilyflower

EHCC: the thic! STaeany oan hand breadih,

Psalms 39:5

KJV: Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.at…: Heb. settled

EHCC: (6).made my days (as) an hand breadth;