אֶצְבַּעʼetsbaʻ
Pronunciation: ets-bah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H676
Meanings
1. finger
a. forefinger, of priest, applying blood (Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:6; Leviticus 4:17)
b. ׳ שְׁלַח א, sign of contempt (Isaiah 58:9)
c. of God (Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 9:10; Exodus 8:15)
d. of all the fingers (2 Samuel 21:20; Isaiah 2:8; Isaiah 17:8)
2. toes (2 Samuel 21:20; 1 Chronicles 20:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 31 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 8:19 “This is the finger of God!” the magicians exclaimed to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard. He wouldn’t listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.
- Exodus 29:12 Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.
- Exodus 31:18 When the Lord finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, written by the finger of God.
- Leviticus 4:6 dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the inner curtain of the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 4:17 dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the inner curtain.
- Leviticus 4:25 Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).