בֹּהֶן bohen

Hebrew word for “thumb/big toe” · Strong’s H931 · used 16 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

thumb, great (big) toe (always used of both together)

How it is translated

Glosses given for bohen in context, with how often each is used:

• thumb 7
• big toe 7
• thumbs 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 14 (4), Leviticus 8 (2), Judges 1 (2), Exodus 29 (1)

Forms

• בהן 14
• בהנות 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bohen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תְּנוּךְ tenukh “lobe” 7
• יְמָנִי yemani “right” 7
• רֶגֶל regel “foot” 9
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 7
• דָּם dam “blood” 7
• אָשָׁם asham “guilt (offering)” 4
• טָהֵר taher “be pure” 4
• אֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶק adoni-vezeq “Adoni-bezek” 2
• שָׁחַט shachat “to slaughter” 3
• קָצַץ qatsats “to cut” 2
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 4
• זָרַק zaraq “to scatter” 2

Key verses

The verses using bohen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 29:20 — Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon…
• Leviticus 8:23 — And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe…
• Leviticus 8:24 — And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of…
• Leviticus 14:14 — And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed,…
• Leviticus 14:17 — And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his…
• Leviticus 14:25 — And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right…
• Leviticus 14:28 — And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and…
• Judges 1:6 — But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
• Judges 1:7 — And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God…

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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.