chofen · two handfuls

What it means

chofen (חֹפֶן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “two handfuls”.

Both fists full: what fits in the two hands together.

How to say it

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What both hands held together can carry.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• cupped hands ×2
• fists ×2
• handfuls ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Leviticus×1
• Proverbs×1
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Ezekiel×2

• Exodus 9:8

  YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.

• Leviticus 16:12

  And he shall take a full censer of coals of fire from the altar before YHWH, and two handfuls of fine fragrant incense, and bring it inside the veil.

• Proverbs 30:4

  Who has gone up to the heavens and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in the garment? Who has raised up all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, if you know?

• Ecclesiastes 4:6

  Better is a full palm with rest than two full fists with toil and striving after wind.

• Ezekiel 10:2

  And he spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, “Go in between the whirl, under the cherub, and fill your cupped hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in before my eyes.

• Ezekiel 10:7

  And the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and lifted some and put it into the cupped hands of the one clothed in linen; and he took it and went out.