חֹפֶן
Transliteration
ḥōp̄en
Pronunciation
kho'-fen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root of uncertain signification
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 709a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹפֶן chôphen, kho'-fen; from an unused root of uncertain signification; a fist (only in the dual):—fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H2651 in the following manner: hand (4x), fist (1x), handful (4,393x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2651 in the following manner: hand (4x), fist (1x), handful (4,393x).

  1. handfuls, hollow of the hand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹפֶן chôphen, kho'-fen; from an unused root of uncertain signification; a fist (only in the dual):—fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful).
STRONGS H2651: Abbreviations
† [חֹ֫פֶן] noun [masculine] hollow of hand (Late Hebrew חוֺפֶן, Aramaic חָפְנִי, חוּפְנָא, ; Ethiopic — also Arabic hollow in the ground; and, acc, to ZehnpfBAB i, 635, Assyrian ḫupunnu, bowl, but ḫ = ?) — only dual חָפְנַיִם Ecclesiastes 4:6; construct חָפְנֵי Ezekiel 10:7 (strike out Co internal grounds); suffix חָפְנֶיךָ Ezekiel 10:2; חָפְנָיו Leviticus 16:2; Proverbs 30:4; חָפְנֵינֶם Exodus 9:8; מַלֵּא ה׳ Ezekiel 10:2 + Ezekiel 10:7 (strike out Co compare above); — מְלֹא ח׳ = handful Exodus 9:8; Leviticus 16:12 (both P), Ecclesiastes 4:6, material follows in implicit accusative; מיאֿסף רוח בח׳ Proverbs 30:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

9:8; 9:8

Leviticus

16:2; 16:12

Proverbs

30:4; 30:4

Ecclesiastes

4:6; 4:6

Ezekiel

10:2; 10:2; 10:7; 10:7