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Hand-Breadth
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
HAND-BREADTH, the palm; used as a measure of four fingers, equal to about 4 inches. Ex 25:25; 1 Kgs 7:26. In Ps 39:5 the expression "Thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth" means "very short."
Scripture references
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
HAND-BREADTH, the palm; used as a measure of four fingers, equal to about 4 inches. Ex 25:25; 1 Kgs 7:26. In Ps 39:5 the expression "Thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth" means "very short."