Strong's #2239: zereth (pronounced zeh'-reth)

from 2219; the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span:--span.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

zereth

1) span

1a) a unit of measure, approx half-cubit, or the distance from the thumb to the little finger on an outstretched hand

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from H2219

Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

 

Exodus 28:16: "Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth"
Exodus 28:16: "being doubled; shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth"
Exodus 39:9: "double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled."
Exodus 39:9: "the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled."
1 Samuel 17:4: "Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span."
Isaiah 40:12: "and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,"
Ezekiel 43:13: "the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar."