Handful
Handful
a representative in the A. Vers. of several Heb. terms and phrases; prop. , the fill of the hand (1Ki 17:12), or , to fill the hand (take a handful, Lev 9:17); also , a fist-full (Lev 2:2; Lev 5:12; Lev 6:15; but sheaf in Gen 41:47), or , to press, sc. the fist full (take a handful, Num 5:26); and ,. the hollow palm itself (Isa 40:12), hence its fill (1Ki 20:10; Eze 13:19); less prop. (Exo 9:8), the two fists (as rendered. Pro 30:4; elsewhere hands) improp. . (Jer 9:22), and (Rth 2:16), which denotes a sheaf (as the former is elsewhere rendered), the one as standing uncut, and the other as cut and housed; falsely abundance (Psa 72:16).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Handful
handfool: There are five words in Hebrew used to indicate what may be held in the hand, either closed or open.
(1) , hophen, , hophnayim. The fist or closed hand occurs in the dual in Exo 9:8, where it signifies what can be taken in the two hands conjoined, a double handful.
(2) , kaph, hollow of the hand, the palm; an open handful (Lev 9:17; 1Ki 17:12; Ecc 4:6).
(3) , amr, sheaf or bundle. It signifies the quantity of grain a gleaner may gather in his hand (Jer 9:22 (Hebrew 21)).
(4) , komec, the closed handful (Gen 41:47; Lev 2:2; Lev 5:12; Lev 6:15 (Heb 6:8); Num 5:26).
(5) , shoal, the hollow of the hand, or what can be held in it (1Ki 20:10; Eze 13:19). In Isa 40:12 it signifies measure.
(6) , pissah (Psa 72:16) is rendered handful by the King James Version, but is properly abundance as in the Revised Version (British and American).