Strong's #8168: sho`al (pronounced sho'-al)

from an unused root meaning to hollow out; the palm; by extension, a handful:--handful, hollow of the hand.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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shô‛al

1) hollow hand, hollow of hand, handful

1a) hollow hand, hollow of hand

1b) handful

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from an unused root meaning to hollow out

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

1 Kings 20:10: "the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow"
Isaiah 40:12: "Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended"
Ezekiel 13:19: "And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay"