Strong’s H2946 · Hebrew
טָפַח
ṭâphach · taw-fakh'
Origin a primitive root; or perhaps a denominative from טֵפַח (H2947), from dandling on the palms
Meaning to flatten out or extend (as a tent); figuratively, to nurse achild (as promotive of growth);
In the King James Version span, swaddle.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Isaiah 48:13Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
- Lamentations 2:22Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.