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It is primarily mentioned in the context of describing dimensions, particularly in the construction of sacred objects and structures. The span is generally understood to be the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended, approximately nine inches or half a cubit.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/exodus/28-16.htm">Exodus 28:16</a> :</b> "It is to be square when folded over, a span long and a span wide." This verse describes the dimensions of the breastpiece of judgment worn by the High Priest. The use of the span here emphasizes the precision and care required in the construction of priestly garments, reflecting the holiness and orderliness expected in the service of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/exodus/39-9.htm">Exodus 39:9</a> :</b> "It was square when folded over, a span long and a span wide." This passage reiterates the dimensions of the breastpiece, underscoring its importance in the priestly attire and its role in the religious practices of the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">1 Samuel 17:4</a> :</b> "Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span tall." The mention of Goliath's height, including the span, serves to highlight his formidable size and strength, setting the stage for the dramatic encounter with David. The use of the span here provides a vivid image of the giant's imposing stature.<br><br><b>Symbolic Significance:</b><br><br>In addition to its literal use as a measurement, the span can also carry symbolic meaning in biblical literature. It often represents the finite and limited nature of human life and capabilities in contrast to the infinite and boundless nature of God. This is reflected in passages that speak to the brevity and fragility of human existence.<br><br><b><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Psalm 39:5</a> :</b> "You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath." Here, the psalmist uses the imagery of a handbreadth, closely related to a span, to convey the shortness of human life. This serves as a reminder of the need for humility and reliance on God.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br><br>The use of the span in Scripture underscores the importance of precision and order in the worship and service of God. It reflects the meticulous care with which God instructed His people to approach Him, whether through the construction of the tabernacle, the crafting of priestly garments, or the observance of His commandments.<br><br>Furthermore, the span as a measure of human life invites reflection on the transient nature of earthly existence and the eternal nature of God. It calls believers to live with an awareness of their mortality and to place their trust in the eternal promises of God.<br><br>In summary, the span serves as both a practical unit of measurement and a profound symbol within the biblical narrative, illustrating the intersection of the temporal and the divine.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Span</span><p>La 2:20, the distance from the extremity of the thumb to that of the little finger, when stretched apart; some nine inches. </p><a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v.</I>) imp. & p. p. of Spin.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.<p>7. (<I>v. t.</I>) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.<p>8. (<I>v. t.</I>) To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.<p>9. (<I>v. t.</I>) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.<p>10. (<I>v. i.</I>) To be matched, as horses.<p>11. (<I>imp.</I>) of Spin<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SPAN</span><p>(zereth; spithame): A measure of length equal to half a cubit or about 9 in. (<a href="/exodus/28-16.htm">Exodus 28:16</a>; <a href="/exodus/39-9.htm">Exodus 39:9</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">1 Samuel 17:4</a>, etc.). <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Lamentations 2:20</a> the King James Version is a mistranslation; see the Revised Version (British and American).<br><br>See <a href="../w/weights.htm">WEIGHTS AND MEASURES</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/165.htm"><span class="l">165. aion -- a space of time, an age</span></a> <br><b>...</b> infinity. 165 (see also the cognate adjective, 166 , "age-long") -- properly,<br> an (, "time-<b>span</b>"), (type of existence). : Christians <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/165.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/4681.htm"><span class="l">4681. Spania -- Spain, a peninsula of SW Europe</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Spain, a peninsula of SW Europe. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> Spania Phonetic Spelling: (<b>span</b>-ee'-ah) Short Definition: Spain Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4681.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2244.htm"><span class="l">2244. helikia -- maturity, ie age</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from helix (of the same age, mature) Definition maturity, ie age NASB<br> Word Usage age (2), life (2), life's <b>span</b> (1), stature (3). age, stature. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2244.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2239.htm"><span class="l">2239. zereth -- a <b>span</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 2238, 2239. zereth. 2240 . a <b>span</b>. Transliteration: zereth Phonetic<br> Spelling: (zeh'-reth) Short Definition: <b>span</b>. Word Origin of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2239.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2947.htm"><span class="l">2947. tephach -- a <b>span</b>, handbreadth, coping</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2946, 2947. tephach. 2948 . a <b>span</b>, handbreadth, coping. Transliteration: tephach<br> Phonetic Spelling: (tay'-fakh) Short Definition: handbreadth. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2947.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2948.htm"><span class="l">2948. tophach -- a <b>span</b>, handbreadth</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2947, 2948. tophach. 2949 . a <b>span</b>, handbreadth. Transliteration: tophach<br> Phonetic Spelling: (to'-fakh) Short Definition: handbreadth. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2948.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2946.htm"><span class="l">2946. taphach -- to extend, spread</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to extend, spread NASB Word Usage bore (1), spread (1). <b>span</b>, swaddle. <b>...</b><br> From tephach, from dandling on the palms -- <b>span</b>, swaddle. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2946.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2949.htm"><span class="l">2949. tippuchim -- tenderly cared for</span></a><br><b>...</b> born healthy (1). <b>span</b> long. From taphach; nursing -- <b>span</b> long. see HEBREW<br> taphach. 2948, 2949. tippuchim. 2950 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2949.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1574.htm"><span class="l">1574. gomed -- a short cubit (from elbow to knuckles of clenched <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 1). cubit. From an unused root apparently meaning to grasp; properly, a <b>span</b> --<br> cubit. 1573, 1574. gomed. 1575 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1574.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2465.htm"><span class="l">2465. cheled -- duration, world</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from an unused word Definition duration, world NASB Word Usage life<br> (1), lifetime (1), <b>span</b> of life (1), world (3). age, short time, world. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2465.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/23_after_all_this_you.htm"><span class="l">After all this You Dare to Say in Your Apology, that You are not <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> his defence. I shall try to write a reply to those works in another treatise<br> if God grants me a sufficient <b>span</b> of life. For the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../23 after all this you.htm</font><p><a href="/library/drummond/the_ideal_life/the_man_after_gods_own.htm"><span class="l">The Man after God's Own Heart</span></a> <br><b>...</b> man after Mine own heart, who shall fulfil all My will." And just as the man of<br> the world, or the literary man, lays down a programme for the brief <b>span</b> of his <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/the man after gods own.htm</font><p><a href="/library/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_ccxix_life_with_its.htm"><span class="l">Life with Its Infinite Alternatives.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> James Montgomery. Life with its infinite Alternatives. On our <b>span</b>-long pilgrimage,. <b>...</b><br> Time?"a step from birth to death,. On that step, that breath, that <b>span</b>,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn ccxix life with its.htm</font><p><a href="/library/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_clx_the_change_of.htm"><span class="l">The Change of Heart.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 8.8.8.8 James Montgomery. The Change of Heart. What is our life?"a breath, a <b>span</b>,. <b>...</b><br> Then life no more a breath would be,. A <b>span</b>, a spark, absorb'd in night,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn clx the change of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/chapter_v_that_through_whom.htm"><span class="l">That "Through Whom" is Said Also in the Case of the Father, and " <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> may be learnt from what immediately precedes: "Who hath measured the waters in the<br> hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the <b>span</b>, and comprehended the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/chapter v that through whom.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_about_jesus/jehovahjesus.htm"><span class="l">Jehovah --Jesus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He is getting off as far as possible within his earthly <b>span</b>. <b>...</b> He was God. It was<br> He who spoke things into being, that creative <b>span</b> of time. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/jehovahjesus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_lxxiv_on_the_words.htm"><span class="l">On the Words of the Gospel, John v. 2, "Now There is in Jerusalem <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> From the earliest infancy even to decrepit old age, it is but a short <b>span</b>. <b>...</b> In this<br> little <b>span</b> let us live well, that we may go whence we may not pass away. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lxxiv on the words.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kelly/the_hymns_of_methodism_in_their_literary_relations/chapter_iii_the_poets.htm"><span class="l">The Poets</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Let the world's riches, which dispers??d lie,. Contract into a <b>span</b>,. is remembered<br> and used nobly in a hymn for the Nativity: Our God, contracted to a <b>Span</b>,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the hymns of methodism in their literary relations/chapter iii the poets.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chapin/the_crown_of_thorns/life_a_tale.htm"><span class="l">Life a Tale</span></a> <br><b>...</b> From the best point of view, life is not merely a term of years and a <b>span</b><br> of action; it is a force, a current and depth of being. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/chapin/the crown of thorns/life a tale.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/anxious_care.htm"><span class="l">Anxious Care</span></a> <br><b>...</b> carking cares, and laborious days, and sleepless nights, is but to adorn a little<br> more beautifully or a little less beautifully, the allotted <b>span</b>"but to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/anxious care.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/span.htm"><span class="l"><b>Span</b> (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (vt) To measure by the <b>span</b> of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the<br> fingers encompassing the object; as, to <b>span</b> a space or distance; to <b>span</b> a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/span.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/four-square.htm"><span class="l">Four-square (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See JPS). Exodus 28:16 Foursquare it shall be and double; a <b>span</b> shall be the<br> length thereof, and a <b>span</b> the breadth thereof. (See JPS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/four-square.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/foursquare.htm"><span class="l">Foursquare (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV ASV WBS). Exodus 28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a <b>span</b> shall<br> be the length thereof, and a <b>span</b> shall be the breadth thereof. (KJV ASV WBS) <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foursquare.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/doubled.htm"><span class="l">Doubled (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (YLT). Exodus 28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a <b>span</b> shall be the length<br> thereof, and a <b>span</b> shall be the breadth thereof. (KJV DBY WBS YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/doubled.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/breastplate.htm"><span class="l">Breastplate (45 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a <b>span</b> square, set with twelve<br> precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/breastplate.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/square.htm"><span class="l">Square (94 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 28:16 It shall be square and folded double; a <b>span</b> shall be its length of<br> it, and a <b>span</b> its breadth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/square.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/double.htm"><span class="l">Double (49 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB JPS ASV NAS NIV). Exodus 28:16 It shall be square and folded double;<br> a <b>span</b> shall be its length of it, and a <b>span</b> its breadth. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/double.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/length.htm"><span class="l">Length (135 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Exodus 28:16 It shall be square and folded<br> double; a <b>span</b> shall be its length of it, and a <b>span</b> its breadth. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/length.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/goliath.htm"><span class="l">Goliath (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2:20, 21). His height was "six cubits and a <b>span</b>," which, taking the cubit<br> at 21 inches, is equal to 10 1/2 feet. David cut off <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/goliath.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fathom.htm"><span class="l">Fathom (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary (Old AS faethm, "bosom, " or the outstretched<br> arms), a <b>span</b> of six feet (Acts 27:28). Gr. orguia (from <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fathom.htm - 9k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/how-tall-was-Goliath.html">How tall was Goliath? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/intertestamental-period.html">What happened in the intertestamental period? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/how-old-was-Adam-when-he-died.html">How old was Adam when he died? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/span.htm">Span: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Span (14 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/6-27.htm">Matthew 6:27</a></span><br />"Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-25.htm">Luke 12:25</a></span><br />Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/17-26.htm">Acts 17:26</a></span><br />He caused to spring from one forefather people of every race, for them to live on the whole surface of the earth, and marked out for them an appointed <span class="boldtext">span</span> of life and the boundaries of their homes;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26</a></span><br />No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/28-16.htm">Exodus 28:16</a></span><br />It shall be square and folded double; a <span class="boldtext">span</span> shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-9.htm">Exodus 39:9</a></span><br />It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a <span class="boldtext">span</span>, and its breadth a span, being double.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">1 Samuel 17:4</a></span><br />There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a <span class="boldtext">span</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Psalms 39:5</a></span><br />Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/89-47.htm">Psalms 89:47</a></span><br />Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men! <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalms 90:10</a></span><br />The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/23-15.htm">Isaiah 23:15</a></span><br />And it will be in that day that Tyre will go out of mind for seventy years, that is, the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre as in the song of the loose woman.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Isaiah 40:12</a></span><br />Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his <span class="boldtext">span</span>, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Lamentations 2:20</a></span><br />Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a <span class="boldtext">span</span> long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">Ezekiel 43:13</a></span><br />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 class="boldtext">span</span>; and this shall be the base of the altar.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/span.htm">Span</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/span--about_nine_or_ten_inches.htm">Span: About Nine or Ten Inches</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/four-square.htm">Four-square (7 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