2947. tephach
Strong's Concordance
tephach: a span, handbreadth, coping
Original Word: טֶ֫פַח
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: tephach
Phonetic Spelling: (tay'-fakh)
Short Definition: handbreadth
Brown-Driver-Briggs
טֶ֫פַח noun [masculine]

1 a span, hand-breadth;

2 coping (?); —

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

2 architectural term, perh. coping, וּמִמַּסַּד עַדהַֿטְּפָחוֺת 1 Kings 7:9.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
coping, hand-breadth

From taphach; 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.

see HEBREW taphach

Forms and Transliterations
הַטְּפָח֔וֹת הטפחות טְפָח֨וֹת ׀ טֶ֔פַח טפח טפחות haṭ·ṭə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ hattefaChot haṭṭəp̄āḥōwṯ ṭə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ ṭe·p̄aḥ Tefach tefaChot ṭep̄aḥ ṭəp̄āḥōwṯ
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Strong's Hebrew 2947
4 Occurrences


haṭ·ṭə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ṭe·p̄aḥ — 2 Occ.
ṭə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ — 1 Occ.

1 Kings 7:9
HEB: וּמִמַּסָּד֙ עַד־ הַטְּפָח֔וֹת וּמִח֖וּץ עַד־
NAS: even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside
KJV: even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside
INT: the foundation against to the coping the outside against

1 Kings 7:26
HEB: וְעָבְי֣וֹ טֶ֔פַח וּשְׂפָת֛וֹ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה
NAS: It was a handbreadth thick,
KJV: And it [was] an hand breadth thick,
INT: thick A handbreadth brim was made

2 Chronicles 4:5
HEB: וְעָבְי֣וֹ טֶ֔פַח וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
NAS: It was a handbreadth thick,
KJV: And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim
INT: and the thickness of it an handbreadth and the brim the work

Psalm 39:5
HEB: הִנֵּ֤ה טְפָח֨וֹת ׀ נָ֘תַ֤תָּה יָמַ֗י
NAS: my days [as] handbreadths, And my lifetime
KJV: my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age
INT: Behold handbreadths have made my days

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