בֹּהֶןbôhen
thumb (יָדָם) יָדוֺ ׳ בּ, & great toe (דַגְלָם) רַגְלוֺ ׳ בּ (always named together) (Exodus 29:20; Judges 1:6; Judges 1:7; Leviticus 8:23; Leviticus 8:24)
Pronunciation: bo'-hen · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H931
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 29:20 Then slaughter it, and apply some of its blood to the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Also put it on the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
- Leviticus 8:23 and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took some of its blood and applied it to the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 8:24 Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons and applied some of the blood to the lobes of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. He then splattered the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
- Leviticus 14:14 The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
- Leviticus 14:17 The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
- Leviticus 14:25 Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
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).