daktylos · finger

What it means

daktylos (δάκτυλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “finger”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One of the hand's digits; God's: his power.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• finger ×5
• fingers ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• John×2

• Matthew 23:4

  And they tie up heavy burdens and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

• Mark 7:33

  And taking him aside from the crowd he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue;

• Luke 11:20

  But if by the finger of God I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

• Luke 11:46

  But he said, “Woe to you experts in the law also, because you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

• Luke 16:24

  And he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.’

• John 20:25

  So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

• John 20:27

  Then he says to Thomas, “Bring your finger here and see my hands; and bring your hand and put it into my side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”