HANDBREADTH

hand'-bredth (Tephach, Tophach, 1 Kings 7:26 2 Chronicles 4:5; Psalm 39:5 Exodus 25:25; Exodus 37:12 Ezekiel 40:5, 43; Ezekiel 43:13): A Hebrew linear measure containing 4 fingers, or digits, and equal to about 3 inches.

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.