אֶצְבַּע
etsba · finger
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H677 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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etsba (אֶצְבַּע) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “finger”.
(Aramaic); also toe.
How to say it
ets·ba
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
- Each of the digits of the hand or foot.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- toes ×2
- fingers ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 2:41
And as you saw the feet and the toes, partly potter’s clay and partly iron, the kingdom will be divided; and some of the firmness of iron will be in it, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with muddy clay.
- Daniel 2:42
And the toes of the feet partly iron and partly clay, part of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle.
- Daniel 5:5
At that very moment there came out the fingers of a man’s hand and were writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king; and the king was seeing the palm of the hand that was writing.