Thematic Bible: Of length
Thematic Bible
Measures » Of length » Span
The breastpiece shall be square and folded double; a span [about nine inches] in length and a span in width.
Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
Measures » Of length » Handbreadth
You shall make a rim of a hand width around it; you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Measures » Of length » Furlong
And then, that very day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
Measures » Of length » Cubit
And this is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits [that is, 450 ft. x 75 ft. x 45 ft.]. You shall make a roof or window [a place for light] for the ark and finish it to a cubit [at least 18 inches] above -- "and the door of the ark you shall put in the side of it; and you shall make it with lower, second, and third stories.
Measures » Of length » Mile
Measures » Of length » Fathom
So they took soundings [using a weighted line] and found [the depth to be] twenty fathoms (120 feet); and a little farther on they sounded again and found [the depth to be] fifteen fathoms (90 feet).