Lexicon chophen: the hollow of the hand Original Word: חָפְנַ֫יִםPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chophen Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-fen) Short Definition: fists NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitionthe hollow of the hand NASB Translationfists (2), handfuls* (2), hands (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ חֹ֫פֶן] noun [masculine] hollow of hand (Late Hebrew חוֺפֶן, Aramaic חָפְנִי, חוּפְנָא,  ; Ethiopic  — also Arabic  hollow in the ground; and, acc, to Zehnpf BAB i, 635, Assyrian —upunnu, bowl, but — =  ?) — 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. Strong's fists, both hands, handful From an unused root of uncertain signification; a fist (only in the dual) -- fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful). |
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