H2651 - חֹפֶן (chôphen)

H2651 חֹפֶן (chôphen) kho'-fen

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

palm

Strong's Definition

a fist (only in the dual)

Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain signification;

KJV Usage: fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful).

TWOT Reference: 709a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) handfuls, hollow of the hand

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2859 G5495

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

handfuls, hollow of the hand

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֹפֶן chôphen BDB Definition: 1) handfuls, hollow of the hand Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root of uncertain signification Same Word by TWOT Number: 709a Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (6)

9:8

16:12

30:4

4:6

10:2 10:7

Exodus 9:8

Then the LORD said to Moses... and Aaron, Take handfuls... of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.

Leviticus 16:12

Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls... of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better one handful... with tranquility than two handfuls... with toil and pursuit of the wind.

Ezekiel 10:2

And [the LORD] said to the man clothed in linen -, Go inside the wheelwork... beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals... from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city. And as I watched, he went in.

Ezekiel 10:7

Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took [some of] the fire that was among [them]. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.