Thematic Bible: A hand-breadth
Thematic Bible
natural Life » Is compared to » A hand-breadth
Behold, thou have made my days [as] handbreadths, and my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best condition is altogether vanity. Selah.
Measure » A hand-breadth
And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth). The bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by the edge of it round about a span. And this shall be the base
And it was a handbreadth thick. And the brim of it was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed, and the height, one ree
And it was a handbreadth thick. And the brim of it was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It received and held three thousand baths.
And thou shall make to it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shall make a golden crown to the border of it round about.
Behold, thou have made my days [as] handbreadths, and my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best condition is altogether vanity. Selah.
And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened inside round about. And upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.
And he made to it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border of it round about.