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THUMB

The inner, opposable digit of the human hand (Heb. bōhen). The priestly ordination of Aaron and his sons involves applying sacrificial blood on each one’s right thumb, right big toe, and right ear lobe (Exod. 29:20; Lev. 8:23-24). The same activity is part of the ritual of cleansing a leper (Lev. 14:14, 17, 25, 28). King Adoni-bezek, after being captured by Judah and having his thumbs and big toes cut off, boasts that he himself severed the thumbs and big toes of 70 other rulers (Judg. 1:6-7). In all of these passages, the Hebrew word for thumb and big toe is the same.

John Kaltner






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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