בֹּהֶן
bohen · thumb, big toe
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H931 · appears 16 times in the Bible
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bohen (בֹּהֶן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “thumb, big toe”.
The thumb of the hand or the big toe of the foot.
How to say it
bo·hen
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
- The thickest finger of the hand or foot.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- big toe ×7
- thumb ×7
- thumbs ×2
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 29:20
You shall slaughter the ram and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of Aaron and on the lobe of the ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and splash the blood on the altar all around.
- Leviticus 8:23
He slaughtered it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 8:24
He brought near the sons of Aaron, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot; and Moses splashed the blood against the altar all around.
- Leviticus 14:14
The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one being purified, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 14:17
And some of the rest of the oil that is in his palm the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of the one being purified, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
- Leviticus 14:25
He shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one being purified, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 14:28
The priest shall put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one being purified, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering.
- Judges 1:6
Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him, seized him, and cut off the thumbs of his hands and of his feet.
- Judges 1:7
Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings, with the thumbs of their hands and of their feet cut off, used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so Elohim has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
And 7 more times.