'Space' in the Bible

To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.

And he entered into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading as to the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And this continued for the space of two years; so that all they that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.