# טֵפַח (tefach)

Israeli respelling: te-fach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2947. 4 Old Testament occurrences.

a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)

King James renderings: coping, hand-breadth.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tefach-h2947

## Occurrences

- [1 Kings 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/9) — All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation u…
- [1 Kings 7:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/26) — And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousan…
- [2 Chronicles 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/4/5) — And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received…
- [Psalms 39:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/39/5) — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether…