אֶצְבַּע
ʼetsbaʻ · ets-bah'
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H6648 (צֶבַע) (in the sense of grasping);
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
- something to sieze with, i.e. a finger
- by analogy, a toe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: finger, toe.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within › to see and know
Strength, the leader that works to pursue the straight path of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶצְבַּע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with his finger6 · 19%
- his finger3 · 9%
- with the finger2 · 6%
- finger2 · 6%
- fingers2 · 6%
- and my fingers2 · 6%
- this is the finger1 · 3%
- with thy finger1 · 3%
- thereof with his finger1 · 3%
- it with his finger1 · 3%
- upon it with his finger1 · 3%
- toes1 · 3%
- whose fingers1 · 3%
- and toes1 · 3%
- of thy fingers1 · 3%
- with his fingers1 · 3%
- them upon thy fingers1 · 3%
- that which their own fingers1 · 3%
- that which his fingers1 · 3%
- of the finger1 · 3%
- and your fingers1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.