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Handbreadth

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Easton's 1897ISBE 19158 verse references

Easton's 1897

A measure of four fingers, equal to about four inches (Ex. 25:25; 37:12; Ps. 39:5, etc.).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

ISBE 1915

hand'-bredth (Tephach, Tophach, 1Ki 7:26; 2Ch 4:5; Ps 39:5; Ex 25:25; 37:12; Eze 40:5,43; 43:13): A Hebrew linear measure containing 4 fingers, or digits, and equal to about 3 inches.

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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