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Lexicon :: Strong's H931 - bōhen

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בֹּהֶן
Transliteration
bōhen
Pronunciation
bo'-hen
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root apparently meaning to be thick
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TWOT Reference: 209a

Strong’s Definitions

בֹּהֶן bôhen, bo'-hen; from an unused root apparently meaning to be thick; the thumb of the hand or great toe of the foot:—thumb, great toe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H931 in the following manner: thumb (9x), great toe (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H931 in the following manner: thumb (9x), great toe (7x).

  1. thumb, great (big) toe (always used of both together)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֹּהֶן bôhen, bo'-hen; from an unused root apparently meaning to be thick; the thumb of the hand or great toe of the foot:—thumb, great toe.
STRONGS H931: Abbreviations
† בֹּ֫הֶן noun [feminine] (compare Sta§ 310 c) with יַד thumb, with רֶגֶל great toe (Arabic bdb009703, & (vulgar) bdb009704, bdb009705) — בּ׳ only construct Exodus 29:20 (twice in verse) + 12 times; plural construct בְּהֹנוֺת Judges 1:6, 7 (from singular [בְּהוֺן] as always Manuscript ⅏ for MT בֹּהֶן); — thumb (יָדָם) יָדוֺ בּ׳, & great toe (דַגְלָם) רַגְלוֺ בּ׳ (always named together) Exodus 29:20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 8:23 (twice in verse); Leviticus 8:24 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:14 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:17 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:25 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:28 (twice in verse); וְר׳ בְּהֹנוֺת י׳ Judges 1:6, 7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

29:20; 29:20

Leviticus

8:23; 8:24; 14:14; 14:17; 14:25; 14:28

Judges

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:7

H931

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H931 matches the Hebrew בֹּהֶן (bōhen),
which occurs 16 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:24 - Then he presented Aaron’s sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:6 - Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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