King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2651
Transliteration: chophen
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-fen)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: the hollow of the hand
Meaning: the hollow of the hand
Word Summary
chophen: the hollow of the hand
Original Word: חֹפֶןTransliteration: chophen
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-fen)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: the hollow of the hand
Meaning: the hollow of the hand
Strong's Concordance
fists, both hands, handful From an unused root of uncertain signification; a fist (only in the dual) -- fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2651. chophen
[חֹ֫פֶן] noun [masculine] hollow of hand (Late Hebrew חוֺפֶן, Aramaic חוּפְנָא חָפְנִי,, ; Ethiopic — also Arabic hollow in the ground; and, acc, to ZehnpfBAB i, 635, Assyrian —upunnu, bowl, but — = ?) — only dual חָפְנַיִם Ecclesiastes 4:6; construct חָפְנֵי Ezekiel 10:7 (strike out Co internal grounds); suffix חָפְנֶיךָ 10:2; חָפְנָיו Leviticus 16:2; Proverbs 30:4; חָפְנֵינֶם Exodus 9:8; ה ׳מַלֵּא Ezekiel 10:2 + 10:7 (strike out Co compare above); — ח ׳מְלֹא = handful Exodus 9:8; Leviticus 16:12 (both P), Ecclesiastes 4:6, material follows in implicit accusative; בח רוח ׳מיאֿסף Proverbs 30:4.