Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2239: זֶרֶת

zereth · pronounced zeh'-reth · “span”

Definition

the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span

KJV translates it as: span.

Word origin: from H2219 (זָרָה);

Extended definition

1) span
1a) a unit of measure, approx half-cubit, or the distance from the thumb to the little finger on an outstretched hand

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2239 is translated

  • will be a span ×2
  • was a span ×2
  • a span ×2
  • span ×1

Bible verses with H2239 (zereth)

Zereth appears in 5 verses.

  • Exodus 28:16

    Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

  • Exodus 39:9

    It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

  • 1 Samuel 17:4

    And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

  • Isaiah 40:12

    Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

  • Ezekiel 43:13

    And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.