Definition

a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)

Etymology

from H2946 (טָפַח);

Word family

• טָפַח ṭâphach

How the KJV renders it

• coping
• hand-breadth

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.