H8168 שֹׁעַל (shôʻal) sho'-al

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

handful

Strong's Definition

the palm; by extension, a handful

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to hollow out;

KJV Usage: handful, hollow of the hand.

TWOT Reference: 2432a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) hollow hand, hollow of hand, handful

1a) hollow hand, hollow of hand

1b) handful

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5495

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שֹׁ֫עַל (sho.al) — handful. 1) hollow hand, hollow of hand, handful 1a) hollow hand, hollow of hand 1b) handful

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שֹׁעַל (H8168)

noun m

People

hollow of hand = state in which humans shape the palm of their hand like a container

ISA 40:12

Quantity

handful literally: (what fits in the) hollow of (one's) hand; hence: = a relatively small quantity

1KI 20:10 · EZK 13:19

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שֹׁ֫עַל] n.[m.] hollow hand, handful base

Bible Occurrences (3)

20:10

40:12

13:19

1 Kings 20:10

Then Ben-hadad sent another message to [Ahab]: May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if [enough] dust remains of Samaria for each of my men [to have] a handful.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen..., you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.