H2239 זֶרֶת
zereth — the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
KJV: span.
Derived from זָרָה zârâh (to toss about)
Occurs 7 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
Where it occurs
- Exodus 28:16 — It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.
- Exodus 39:9 — It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.
- 1 Samuel 17:4 — A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.
- Isaiah 40:12 — Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of…
- Ezekiel 43:13 — “These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a hand width): the bottom shall be a…