בֹּהֶן
bōhen
thumb
Strong's H931NounHebrewTWOT 209a

בֹּהֶן (bōhen) is a Hebrew noun meaning thumb. It appears 16 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H931).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 209a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 209a)thumb, great toe
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בֹּ֫הֶן noun, feminine: thumb, great toe

Strong's H931 בֹּהֶן: the thumb of the hand or great toe of the foot
KJV:thumb, great toe.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 209: בהן bhn — shut, cover

See it in Scripture

Exodus 29:20Leviticus 8:23Judges 1:6

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