etsba · finger

What it means

etsba (אֶצְבַּע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “finger”.

Also toe.

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. A finger; "the finger of God".

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• finger ×19
• fingers ×11
• toes ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×3
• Leviticus×13
• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×2
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×4
• Jeremiah×1

• Exodus 8:19

  Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of Elohim.” But the heart of Pharaoh became obstinate, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.

• Exodus 29:12

  and you shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and all the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.

• Exodus 31:18

  And he gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of Elohim.

• Leviticus 4:6

  The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before YHWH, in front of the veil of the Holy Place.

• Leviticus 4:17

  The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before YHWH, in front of the veil.

• Leviticus 4:25

  The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

• Leviticus 4:30

  The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

• Leviticus 4:34

  The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

• Leviticus 8:15

  He slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar; and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar, and consecrated it to make expiation for it.

• Leviticus 9:9

  The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.

• Leviticus 14:16

  The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left palm and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before YHWH.

• Leviticus 14:27

  and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before YHWH.

• Leviticus 16:14

  And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the cover of expiation on the east side, and in front of the cover of expiation he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

• Leviticus 16:19

  And he shall sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times and cleanse it and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the sons of Israel.

• Numbers 19:4

  And Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger and sprinkle some of her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

• Deuteronomy 9:10

  YHWH gave me the two tablets of stone, written with the finger of Elohim; and on them was written according to all the words that YHWH had spoken with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

• 2 Samuel 21:20

  There was again war at Gath, and there was a man of great stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six and six, twenty-four in number; and he too had been born to Rapha.

• 1 Chronicles 20:6

  There was war again at Gath, and there was a man of great stature, and his fingers were six and six, twenty-four; and he too had been born to Rapha.

• Psalms 8:3

  When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established,

• Psalms 144:1

  Of David. Blessed be YHWH, my Rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war;

• Proverbs 6:13

  he winks with his eyes, he scrapes with his feet, he points with his fingers;

• Proverbs 7:3

  Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

• Song of Songs 5:5

  I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped myrrh, and my fingers myrrh that flows, on the handles of the bolt.

• Isaiah 2:8

  Their land has been filled with idols; to the work of their hands they bow down, to what their fingers have made.

• Isaiah 17:8

  And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and what his fingers have made he will not see, neither the Asherahs nor the incense altars.

• Isaiah 58:9

  Then you will call, and YHWH will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove from your midst the yoke, the pointing of the finger and the speaking of wickedness,

• Isaiah 59:3

  For your palms are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken falsehood; your tongue mutters injustice.

• Jeremiah 52:21

  As for the pillars, eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and a thread of twelve cubits went around it, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow.

And 3 more times.