noun · masculine
daktulos
Strong’sG1147
a finger
stem daktul-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
δάκτυλος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for אֶצְבַּע;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1147 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddak'-too-los
a finger
Fromprobably from G1176;
King Jamesfinger.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
poetry plural δάκτυλα Refs 4th c.BC+: -finger, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας to reckon on the fingers, Refs 5th c.BC+the thumb, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν the toes, Refs 5th c.BC+; and, without ποδός, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ μέσος δ. of a monkey, Refs; ὁ μείζων δ. the great toe, Refs 1st c.AD+. b. of the toes of beasts, Refs 4th c.BC+; of birds, Refs
II a measure of length, finger's breadth, = about 7/10 of an inch, Refs 7th c.BC+: Astron., digit, i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III metrical foot, dactyl, -?~X ?~X, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. κατ᾽ ἵαμβον, diiambus, Refs 1st c.AD+
III.2 δάκτυλοι, οἱ, a dance, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV date, fruit of the φοῖνιξ, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV.2 kind of grape, Refs 1st c.AD+
IV.3 ={ἄγρωστις}, Refs 1st c.AD+
V Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι mythical wizards and craftsmen in Crete (or Phrygia, Refs 1st c.BC+, attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, Refs 8th c.BC+
V.2 δ. Ἰδαῖοι, ={γλυκυσίδη}, Refs 1st c.AD+
V.2.b fossil found in Crete, Refs 1st c.AD+
VI δ. θεοῦ the hand of God, LXX+NT compare Boeotian dialect δακκύλιος Refs; δατ- = d[ngnull]t, cf. Sanskrit a-datkas 'toothless'.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | daktulos | daktulois |
| object accusative | daktulon2×δάκτυλόν | daktuloin1×δακτύλους |
| direct address vocative | daktulor | daktuloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | daktulou1×δακτύλου | daktuloiu1×δακτύλων |
| to, for dative | daktulo3×δακτύλῳ | daktuloi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
daktulo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
daktulon“finger”objectaccusative singular2×
John 20:25… tupon toiu hēloiu kai balameia ton daktulon mu eis ton tupon toiu hēloiu …… in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and …
John 20:27eita legatō to Thōmo; Ferasōr ton daktulon su hōde kai horasar tain cheirain …… Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands …
daktulou“finger”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 16:24… Lazaron hina baptateia tem akrem tou daktulou autou hudeu kai katapsuchateia tan glōssan …… to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue …
daktulo“finger”to, fordative singular3×
Matthew 23:4… ōmosoin toiu anthrōpoiu, autois de to daktulo autoiu ouk thelalō kinara auteim.… are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Luke 11:20ei de en daktulo theou ekbalamō teim daimoneim, ara fthanata …… I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of …
John 8:6… tos de Iēsus katō kuptarantos to daktulo grafate eis tan gēan. mē prospoiorōntos… write on the ground with His finger.
daktuloin“fingers”objectaccusative plural1×
Mark 7:33… tou ochlou kata idian balata toin daktuloin autou eis teim oueim autou kai …… from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He …
daktuloiu“fingers”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Luke 11:46“fingers”… fortieim dusbastakteim, kai autois heno toiu daktuloiu vu ouk prospsauavō tei fortiei.… experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a …