זֶרֶת
zeret · span
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2239 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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zeret (זֶרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “span”.
The open hand from the thumb to the little finger, about 22 centimeters.
How to say it
ze·ret
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
In today's measures
about 9 in (22 cm) approximate
The open hand, thumb to little finger: half a cubit.
Its senses in the Bible
- An open hand, about 22 centimeters.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 28:16
It shall be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its width.
- Exodus 39:9
It was square; doubled they made the breastpiece, a span its length and a span its width, doubled.
- 1 Samuel 17:4
The champion came out from the camps of the Philistines; Goliath was his name, of Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.
- Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured in the hollow of his hand the waters, and the heavens with the span gauged, and held in a measure the dust of the earth, and weighed with the scale the mountains and the hills with a balance?
- Ezekiel 43:13
And these are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): the base, a cubit, and a cubit wide, and its border on its rim all around, one span; and this is the elevation of the altar.
And 2 more times.