בֹּהֶן
bôhen · bo'-hen
the thumb of the hand or great toe of the foot
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to be thick;
the thumb of the hand or great toe of the foot
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: thumb, great toe.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to reveal, behold › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within that works to reveal, behold of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֹּהֶן 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and upon the thumb6 · 38%
- and upon the great toe6 · 38%
- and upon the thumbs1 · 6%
- and upon the great toes1 · 6%
- his thumbs1 · 6%
- having their thumbs1 · 6%
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.