1147. daktulos

Strong's Lexicon

daktulos: Finger

Original Word: δάκτυλος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: daktulos
Pronunciation: DAK-too-los
Phonetic Spelling: (dak'-too-los)
Definition: Finger
Meaning: a finger.

Word Origin: Derived from a primary word; akin to the base of δέκα (deka), meaning "ten."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H676 (אֶצְבַּע, etsba): Often translated as "finger," used in contexts such as the creation of the heavens (Psalm 8:3) and the writing of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 31:18).

Usage: The term "δάκτυλος" refers to a finger, a part of the human hand. In the New Testament, it is used both literally and metaphorically. Literally, it describes the physical finger, while metaphorically, it can represent the power or action of God, as seen in the phrase "the finger of God."

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures, the finger was often associated with actions of authority and power. For instance, the act of writing with a finger, as in the case of Jesus writing on the ground (John 8:6), was a gesture of judgment or teaching. The "finger of God" is a phrase that appears in both Jewish and Christian texts, symbolizing divine intervention or power.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
a finger
NASB Translation
finger (6), fingers (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1147: δάκτυλος

δάκτυλος, δακτύλου, ὁ (from Batrach. 45 and Herodotus down), a finger: Matthew 23:4; Luke 11:46; Luke 16:24; Mark 7:33; John 8:6 Rec.; ; ἐν δακτύλῳ Θεοῦ, by the power of God, divine efficiency by which something is made visible to men, Luke 11:20 (Matthew 12:28 ἐν πνεύματι Θεοῦ); Exodus 8:19 (cf. Exodus 31:18; Psalm 8:4).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

finger.

Probably from deka; a finger -- finger.

see GREEK deka

Forms and Transliterations

δάκτυλοι δάκτυλοί δακτύλοις δακτυλον δάκτυλον δάκτυλόν δάκτυλος δάκτυλός δακτυλου δακτύλου δακτυλους δακτύλους δακτυλω δακτύλω δακτύλῳ δακτυλων δακτύλων daktulo daktulō daktulon daktulōn daktulou daktulous daktylo daktylō daktýloi daktýlōi daktylon daktylōn daktýlon daktýlōn dáktylón daktylou daktýlou daktylous daktýlous

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 23:4 N-DMS
GRK: δὲ τῷ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ
NAS: to move them with [so much as] a finger.
KJV: them with one of their fingers.
INT: however with finger of them not

Mark 7:33 N-AMP
GRK: ἔβαλεν τοὺς δακτύλους αὐτοῦ εἰς
NAS: and put His fingers into his ears,
KJV: and put his fingers into his
INT: he put the fingers of him to

Luke 11:20 N-DMS
GRK: δὲ ἐν δακτύλῳ θεοῦ ἐγὼ
NAS: out demons by the finger of God,
KJV: if I with the finger of God cast out
INT: however by [the] finger of God I

Luke 11:46 N-GMP
GRK: ἑνὶ τῶν δακτύλων ὑμῶν οὐ
NAS: the burdens with one of your fingers.
KJV: with one of your fingers.
INT: with one of the fingers of you not

Luke 16:24 N-GMS
GRK: ἄκρον τοῦ δακτύλου αὐτοῦ ὕδατος
NAS: the tip of his finger in water
KJV: the tip of his finger in water, and
INT: tip of the finger of him in water

John 8:6 N-DMS
GRK: κύψας τῷ δακτύλῳ κατέγραφεν εἰς
NAS: down and with His finger wrote
KJV: down, and with [his] finger wrote
INT: having stooped with [his] finger wrote on

John 20:25 N-AMS
GRK: βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς
NAS: and put my finger into the place
KJV: put my finger into the print
INT: put the finger of me into

John 20:27 N-AMS
GRK: Φέρε τὸν δάκτυλόν σου ὧδε
NAS: here with your finger, and see
KJV: hither thy finger, and behold
INT: Bring the finger of you here

Strong's Greek 1147
8 Occurrences

δακτύλῳ — 3 Occ.
δακτύλων — 1 Occ.
δάκτυλόν — 2 Occ.
δακτύλου — 1 Occ.
δακτύλους — 1 Occ.