Thumb/big toe
בֹּ֫הֶןStrong’s H0931bohen (bo-hen)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bohen is the Hebrew word usually translated “thumb of”, “big toe of” and “thumbs of”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.”
Meaning
- Thumb, great (big) toe (always used of both together)
How it's translated
- thumb of 7
- big toe of 7
- thumbs of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 6
- Judges 2
- Exodus 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 8:23And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 8:24And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
- Leviticus 14:14And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
- Leviticus 14:17And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
- Leviticus 14:25And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
- Leviticus 14:28And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
Hebrew dictionary
בֹּ֫הֶן bohen · thumb/big toe
thumb, great (big) toe (always used of both together)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.