אֶצְבַּע etsba
Hebrew word for “finger” · Strong’s H676 · used 31 times in 28 verses
Meaning
finger, toe; Aramaic equivalent: ets.ba (אֶצְבַּע "digit" H0677)
How it is translated
Glosses given for etsba in context, with how often each is used:
- finger 19
- fingers 10
- toes 1
- digits 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 13 | 1.1 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 4 (5), Leviticus 14 (2), Leviticus 16 (2), Exodus 8 (1), Exodus 29 (1), Exodus 31 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), Leviticus 9 (1), Numbers 19 (1), Deuteronomy 9 (1)
Forms
- באצבעו 10
- אצבעו 4
- אצבע 2
- באצבע 2
- ואצבעת 2
- אצבעתיך 2
- אצבעתיו 2
- באצבעך 1
- ואצבעתיו 1
- אצבעותי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with etsba more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דָּם dam “blood” 12
- נָזָה nazah “to sprinkle” 7
- יְסוֹד yesod “foundation” 6
- פַּעַם paam “beat” 7
- קֶרֶן qeren “horn” 6
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 7
- שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 7
- טָבַל taval “to dip” 4
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 8
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 7
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 4
- לוּחַ luach “tablet” 3
Key verses
The verses using etsba that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 8:19 — Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- Exodus 31:18 — And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of…
- Leviticus 4:6 — And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 4:25 — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his…
- Leviticus 4:34 — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all…
- Leviticus 8:15 — And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at…
- Leviticus 16:14 — And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the…
- Psalms 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
- Psalms 144:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
- Isaiah 2:8 — Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
- Isaiah 58:9 — Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting…
- Isaiah 59:3 — For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
See all 28 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.