Hebrew · Strong's H2947
טֵפַח
tephachtay'-fakh
a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers)
1890 spelling: ṭêphach
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)
Rendered in the KJV as
coping, hand-breadth.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- טֶ֔פַח2
- הַטְּפָח֔וֹת1
- טְפָח֨וֹת׀1
How it is rendered · 3
- [was] a hand breadth2
- handbreadths1
- the coping stone1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular2
- noun · feminine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 2
- HNcfpa · 1
- HTd/Ncfpa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 7:9הַטְּפָח֔וֹתhatefachotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAll 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.here: the coping stone
- 1 Kings 7:26טֶ֔פַחtefachnoun · masculine singularIt 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.here: [was] a hand breadth