Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Encyclopedias
Handful

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Handel, Georg Friedrich
Next Entry
Handicraft
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

a representative in the A. Vers. of several Heb. terms and phrases; prop. מְלֵא כִ, the fill of the hand (1 Kings 17:12), or מַלֵּא כִ, to fill the hand ("take a handful," Leviticus 9:17); also קֹמֶוֹ, a fist-full (Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 6:15; but sheaf in Genesis 41:47), or קָמִוֹ, to press, sc. the fist full ("take a handful," Numbers 5:26); and שֹׁעִל,. the hollow palm itself (Isaiah 40:12), hence its fill (1 Kings 20:10; Ezekiel 13:19); less prop. חָבְנִיַם (Exodus 9:8), the two fists (as rendered. Proverbs 30:4; elsewhere "hands") improp. צָמַיד . (Jeremiah 9:22), and צֶבֶת (Ruth 2:16), which denotes a sheaf (as the former is elsewhere rendered), the one as standing uncut, and the other as cut and housed; falsely פַּסָּה abundance (Psalms 72:16).

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Handful'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/handful.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile