# זֶרֶת (zeret)

Israeli respelling: ze-ret. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2239. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: span.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/zeret-h2239

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 28:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 mea…
- [Ezekiel 43:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t…