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Definition of Handbreadth
1. Noun. Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.
Definition of Handbreadth
1. n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
Definition of Handbreadth
1. Noun. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm - ''Exodus 37:12'' ¹
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Definition of Handbreadth
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Handbreadth
Literary usage of Handbreadth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"The ordinary day's journey among the Jews was thirty miles ; but when they
travelled in companies, legal cubit, a handbreadth larger than the first, ..."
2. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"A finger; a handbreadth; a span; a foot; a cubit; a fathom; a reed; the measuring
line; a furlong; a, sabbath day's journey; a mile; a Bere; ..."
3. Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical, on the Book of Psalms by Albert Barnes (1868)
"5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and « mine age is as nothing
before thee : verily every man 1 at his best state is altogether vanity. ..."
4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"handbreadth ; a measure of three inches. HANDCUFFS ; an instrument formed of two
circular pieces of iron, each fixed on a hinge on the ends of a very short ..."
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