Strong G1147δάκτυλος
finger
- Transliteration
- daktulos
- Pronunciation
- dak'-too-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Probably from G1176; a finger: - finger.
Detailed definition
δάκτυλος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for אֶצְבַּע;]
a finger: Mat.23:4, Mrk.7:33, Luk.11:46 16:24, Jhn.8:6, 8 20:25, 27; metaphorically, δ. θεοῦ (cf. Exo.8:19), Luk.11:20.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אֶצְבַּע;]
a finger: Mat.23:4, Mrk.7:33, Luk.11:46 16:24, Jhn.8:6, 8 20:25, 27; metaphorically, δ. θεοῦ (cf. Exo.8:19), Luk.11:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1147 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- finger8
- with2
- one1
First verses
- Matthew 23:4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
- Mark 7:33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
- Luke 11:20But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
- Luke 11:46And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
- Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
- John 8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- John 20:25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
- John 20:27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
δάκτῠλος, ὁ,
poetry plural δάκτυλα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 19.3, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.365 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator Imp.), also 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 810a22)]: -finger, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας to reckon on the fingers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.63; ὁ μέγας δ.)]the thumb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.8, 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 6; ὁ μέσος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 687b18; οἱλιχανοί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37; ὁ ἔσχατος [prev. author] “PA” 687b17: proverbial, ἄκρῳ δ. γεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 31; οὐκ ἄξια ψόφου δακτύλων 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 5.)]
2 οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν the toes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.12)]; and, without ποδός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 874, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 494a12; τὸ τῶν δ. μέγεθος ἐναντίως ἔχει ἐπί τε τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τῶν χειρῶν [prev. author] “PA” 690a30)]; ὁ μέσος δ. of a monkey, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 502b3)]; ὁ μείζων δ. the great toe, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 3)]. b. of the toes of beasts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 498a34)]; of birds, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 695a22.)]
II a measure of length, finger's breadth, = about 7/10 of an inch, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, +others; πώνωμεν, δάκτυλος ἀμέρα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 41; δάκτυλος ἀώς “Anthologia Graeca” 12.50 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus))]: Astron., digit, i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.3.)]
III metrical foot, dactyl, -?~X ?~X, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 400b; ῥυθμὸς κατὰ δάκτυλον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 651)]; δ. κατ᾽ ἵαμβον, diiambus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus 1.17.)]
III.2 δάκτυλοι, οἱ, a dance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.629d.)]
IV date, fruit of the φοῖνιξ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 342a10, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 5.89.)]
IV.2 kind of grape, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 14.15, Colum. 3.2.1.)]
IV.3 ={ἄγρωστις}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 24.182.)]
V Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι mythical wizards and craftsmen in Crete (or Phrygia, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.7))], attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 176, 6th c.BC: Pherecydes Lerius Historicus 47 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 364, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.30, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.64, “IG” 12(9).259.22 (from Eretria).)]
V.2 δ. Ἰδαῖοι, ={γλυκυσίδη}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.140.)]
V.2.b fossil found in Crete, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.170.)]
VI δ. θεοῦ the hand of God, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.8.19, cf. NT.Luke.11.20. (Orig. Δάτκυλος,)] compare Boeotian dialect δακκύλιος [Refs (“Schwyzer” 462 B 51)]; δατ- = d[ngnull]t, cf. Sanskrit a-datkas 'toothless'.)
poetry plural δάκτυλα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 19.3, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.365 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator Imp.), also 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 810a22)]: -finger, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας to reckon on the fingers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.63; ὁ μέγας δ.)]the thumb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.8, 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 6; ὁ μέσος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 687b18; οἱλιχανοί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37; ὁ ἔσχατος [prev. author] “PA” 687b17: proverbial, ἄκρῳ δ. γεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 31; οὐκ ἄξια ψόφου δακτύλων 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 5.)]
2 οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν the toes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.12)]; and, without ποδός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 874, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 494a12; τὸ τῶν δ. μέγεθος ἐναντίως ἔχει ἐπί τε τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τῶν χειρῶν [prev. author] “PA” 690a30)]; ὁ μέσος δ. of a monkey, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 502b3)]; ὁ μείζων δ. the great toe, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 3)]. b. of the toes of beasts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 498a34)]; of birds, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 695a22.)]
II a measure of length, finger's breadth, = about 7/10 of an inch, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, +others; πώνωμεν, δάκτυλος ἀμέρα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 41; δάκτυλος ἀώς “Anthologia Graeca” 12.50 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus))]: Astron., digit, i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.3.)]
III metrical foot, dactyl, -?~X ?~X, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 400b; ῥυθμὸς κατὰ δάκτυλον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 651)]; δ. κατ᾽ ἵαμβον, diiambus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus 1.17.)]
III.2 δάκτυλοι, οἱ, a dance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.629d.)]
IV date, fruit of the φοῖνιξ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 342a10, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 5.89.)]
IV.2 kind of grape, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 14.15, Colum. 3.2.1.)]
IV.3 ={ἄγρωστις}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 24.182.)]
V Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι mythical wizards and craftsmen in Crete (or Phrygia, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.7))], attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 176, 6th c.BC: Pherecydes Lerius Historicus 47 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 364, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.30, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.64, “IG” 12(9).259.22 (from Eretria).)]
V.2 δ. Ἰδαῖοι, ={γλυκυσίδη}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.140.)]
V.2.b fossil found in Crete, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.170.)]
VI δ. θεοῦ the hand of God, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.8.19, cf. NT.Luke.11.20. (Orig. Δάτκυλος,)] compare Boeotian dialect δακκύλιος [Refs (“Schwyzer” 462 B 51)]; δατ- = d[ngnull]t, cf. Sanskrit a-datkas 'toothless'.)