Handful
קֹ֫מֶץStrong’s H7062qomets (qo-mets)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qomets is the Hebrew word usually translated “handful his” and “handfuls”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.”
Meaning
- Closed hand, fist, handful
How it's translated
- handful his 2
- to handfuls 1
- in handful his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 3
- Genesis 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 2:2And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
- Leviticus 5:12Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 6:15And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
קֹ֫מֶץ qomets · handful
closed hand, fist, handful
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “handful” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HAND'FUL, noun
As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
- As much as the arms will embrace.
- A palm; four inches.
- A small quantity or number.
- As much as can be done; full employment.
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.