Etsba אֶצְבַּע
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| אֶצְבַּע | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | etsba |
| Strong's number | H677 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | digit |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
Etsba (Aramaic אֶצְבַּע, Strong's H677) is an Aramaic feminine noun meaning “digit”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | toes (2), fingers (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | toes (2), fingers (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Etsba, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Daniel
- Daniel 2:41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.
- Daniel 2:42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.
- Daniel 5:5In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).