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Lam 2:20, the distance from the extremity of the thumb to that of the little finger, when stretched apart; some nine inches.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
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(, zereth, according to the rabbins the little finger, Exo 28:16; Exo 39:9; 1Sa 17:4; Isa 40:12; Eze 43:13; elsewhere some form of , taphach, to spread upon the hands; hence to extend a palm’s breadth, Isa 48:13; or carry in the arms, Lam 2:20, a span long), a Hebrew measure of three hand breadths, or twelve finger breadths; apparently half a cubit (comp. Exo 25:10 with Josephus, Ant. 3, 6, 5). SEE METROLOGY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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SPAN.See Weights and Measures.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
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(, zereth; , spithame): A measure of length equal to half a cubit or about 9 in. (Exo 28:16; Exo 39:9; 1Sa 17:4, etc.). Lam 2:20 the King James Version is a mistranslation; see the Revised Version (British and American). See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
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About nine or ten inches.
Exo 28:16; Exo 39:9
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
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a measure
Exo 28:16; Exo 39:9; 1Sa 17:4; Isa 40:12; Lam 2:20; Eze 43:13
–SEE Handbreadth, HANDBREADTH
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