Definition

to flatten out or extend (as a tent); figuratively, to nurse achild (as promotive of growth);

Etymology

a primitive root; or perhaps a denominative from H2947 (טֵפַח), from dandling on the palms

Word family

• טֵפַח ṭêphach

How the KJV renders it

• span
• swaddle

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.