δάκτυλος
dáktylos · G1147 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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finger
One of the five long and slender projections of the human hand, used for writing, pointing, grasping, and other activities
ExamplesMatthew 23:4 “And they tie up heavy burdens and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as their finger.
Mark 7:33 And Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers in his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;
Luke 11:46 But He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well! For you load people with burdens that are hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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power
Power as an expression of the activity of a person or supernatural being
ExamplesLuke 11:20 “But if I cast out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
- σύyou 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
- θεόςGod 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- βάλλωto throw, to put 2
- φέρωto bring, to carry, to bear 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄκρονextreme boundary 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ · H676 · finger, toe
- Direct translation equivalent for the body part 'finger' (both languages also extend the term to 'toe' though Greek primarily emphasizes finger usage).
- אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ · H677 · finger, toe
- Hebrew אֶצְבַּע and Greek δάκτυλος are direct translation equivalents denoting the anatomical digit. אֶצְבַּע spans both fingers and toes, while δάκτυλος primarily denotes the finger but can, in context, include the toe as well.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Power76.3
- Used figuratively of divine power exercised in action, as of Jesus' claim that He casts out demons by the finger of God, showing the kingdom of God has come, in Luke 11:20.
- Finger8.34
- Used literally of the bodily digit, as of the burdens the scribes and Pharisees are unwilling to move with even a finger in Matthew 23:4, Jesus putting His fingers into the deaf man's ears in Mark 7:33, and the rich man begging that Lazarus dip his finger in water in Luke 16:24.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon δακτύλου, ὁ (from Batrach. 45 and Herodotus down), a finger: Mt 23:4; Lk 11:46; Lk 16:24;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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