אֶצְבַּע
ets.ba (H0676)
finger
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word אֶצְבַּע (ets.ba) is a noun that refers to a human "finger." It appears 31 times in the Bible and falls within the semantic domain of "Body & Health." This suggests its primary function is to describe a part of the human body. Analyzing its range of usage, אֶצְבַּע is used to describe not just the individual digits but also various parts of the body that have a finger-like or related feature, such as the toes (Exodus 3:22). It is also used to signify a single unit or part, such as "one little finger" in Isaiah 58:6. The significance of this word in the Bible lies in its use to describe a variety of actions, like counting (Deuteronomy 25:2), pointing (Matthew 27:41), and writing (Psalm 45:1). Its frequency of occurrence and versatility in usage highlight the importance of fingers in everyday life and in significant actions throughout history.
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Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is God’s finger;” but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
You shall take 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 blood at the base of the altar.
When he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses the two tablets of the covenant, stone tablets, written with God’s finger.
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary.
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.
The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar;
The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.
and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.
He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.
Yahweh delivered to me the two stone tablets written with God’s finger. On them were all the words which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly.
There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on every hand, and six toes on every foot, twenty four in count; and he also was born to the giant.
There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand, and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles, or the incense altars.
Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.