CategoryBiblical Measurement Term / Hebrew Term
Modern Equivalentspan; half-cubit measure.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionA Hebrew measurement term commonly understood as a span, roughly the distance from the thumb to the little finger of an outstretched hand.
Key Verses"And the length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits." (Exodus 26:2)
KJV Usage NoteThe underlying Hebrew term is commonly defined as a span, though English KJV passages normally use the translated word "span" rather than the transliterated form.
Common MisunderstandingIt is not a person or place name in this glossary sense; it is a measurement term from Hebrew lexical study.
EtymologyFrom Hebrew zereth, a word for a span or handbreadth-based measurement.