Palm
חֹ֫פֶןStrong’s H2651chophen (cho-phen)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chophen is the Hebrew word usually translated “hands your”, “hands his” and “two hands”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.”
Meaning
- Handfuls, hollow of the hand
How it's translated
- hands your 1
- hands his 1
- in hands his 1
- two hands 1
- cupped hands your 1
- cupped hands of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
- Exodus 1
- Leviticus 1
- Proverbs 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 16:12And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
- Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
- Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
- Ezekiel 10:2And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
- Ezekiel 10:7And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
Hebrew dictionary
חֹ֫פֶן chophen · palm
handfuls, hollow of the hand
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “palm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PALM, noun
p'am.. [Latin palma.]
- The inner part of the hand.
- A hand or hand's breadth; a lineal measure of three inches.
- The broad triangular part of an anchor at the end of the arms.
- The name of many species of plants, but particularly of the date-tree or great palm a native of Asia and Africa.
All definitions and other forms of “palm”
- Branches of the palm being worn in token of victory, hence the word signifies superiority, victory, triumph.
- Among seamen, an instrument used in sewing canvas instead of a thimble.
PALM, verb transitive
p'am. To conceal in the palm of the hand.
- To impose by fraud.
- To handle.
- To stroke with the hand.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.