5 occurrences

'Span' in the Bible

It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, LinearSquaresDoubled OverDimensions Of Other Things

It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, LinearSquaresDoubled OverDimensions Of Other Things

There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearGiantsChampions

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

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 its border around its edge a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.

Verse ConceptsdepthHeightWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Thingsmeasurement

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