Word

אֶצְבַּע

ʼetsbaʻ · H676 · Hebrew · 31 occurrences

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Thing

FingerMeasures of length in the Old Testament1 verse

Meanings

finger

One of the five long and slender projections of the human hand, used for writing, pointing, grasping and other activities, and sometimes used to represent the entire body

Examples
Exodus 29:12 “Then you shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Exodus 31:18 When He had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.
Leviticus 4:6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
toe

One of the five projections of the human foot

Examples
2 Samuel 21:20 And there was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant.
finger

Linear measure corresponding to the thickness of a finger

Examples
Jeremiah 52:21 As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.

How it’s used In 8 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

29 occurrences in 7 groups

הוּhis 18
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 3
ךָyour 3
יmy 2
יָדhand, power 1
רֶגֶלfoot, leg 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 2 groups

יְמָנִיright 2
אַרְבַּעfour 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

עָשָׂהto do, to make 2

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 2 groups

טָבַלto dip 4
שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 1 groups

שֵׁשׁsix 3

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 1
עֲבִיthickness 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

15 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with 28
עַלon, upon, over, against 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 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 1 word

δάκτυλος dáktylos · G1147 · finger, power: Greek δάκτυλος is the standard translation equivalent for Hebrew אֶצְבַּע in contexts denoting finger or toe, with both terms sharing the same anatomical reference and metaphorical extensions (e.g., finger of God, measurements by finger-width).

Semantic domains 1 entry

Dimension002001001020: אֶצְבַּע names the finger or toe, a measure of small dimension, as "the finger of God" identified by Pharaoh's magicians (Exodus 8:15) and the priest's finger used repeatedly in the blood rituals of the sin offering (Leviticus 4:6).

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

צֶבַע tsebaʻ · H6648 · dyed cloth · 3×אֶצְבַּעʼetsbaʻ · H676צְבַע tsᵉbaʻ · H6647 · wet · 5×אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ · H677 · finger, toe · 3×צָבוּעַ tsâbûwaʻ · H6641 · speckled, hyena · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H676. etsba אֶצְבַּע noun feminineLev 14:6 finger; — ׳א absolute Isa 58:9, construct Exo…

H676. etsba
אֶצְבַּע noun feminineLev 14:6 finger; — ׳א absolute Isa 58:9, construct Exo 8:15 +; suffix אֶצְבָּעוֺ Lev 4:6 +; plural אֶצְבָּעוֺת Jer 52:21, construct אֶצְבְּעֹת 2Sa 21:20 +, etc.; —
1 finger, especially
a. forefinger, of priest, applying blood (P), Exo 29:12; Lev 4:6, Lev 4:17, Lev 4:25 Lev 4:8t.; applying oil Lev 14:16 (twice in verse); Lev 14:27.
b. א ׳שְׁלַח of any one Isa 58:9, sign of contempt.
c. of God, as writing Exo 31:18 (E) Deu 9:10; = act of God Exo 8:15 (J).
d. plural of all the fingers 2Sa 21:20a; fingers in General Isa 2:8; Isa 17:8; Isa 59:3; Psa 144:1; Pro 7:3; Son 5:5; of ׳י Psa 8:4; בְא ׳מֹרֶה Pro 6:13 (of contemptuous gesture); as measure of thickness, Jer 52:21 four fingers.
2 toes: רַגְלָיו אֶצְבְּעֹת 2Sa 21:20 b, literally fingers of his feet, compare ׳א || 1Ch 20:6 +?
III. צבע (perhaps √ of following; compare Arabic limp (so LagBN 20), whence hyena, Syriac id., Late Hebrew צָבוּעַ).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Dimension1 occurrence

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