δάκτυλος, δακτύλου, ὁ (from Batrach. 45 and Herodotus down), a finger: Mat_23:4; Luk_11:46; Luk_16:24; Mar_7:33; Joh_8:6 Rec.; ; ἐν δακτύλῳ Θεοῦ, by the power of God, divine efficiency by which something is made visible to men, Luk_11:20 (Mat_12:28 ἐν πνεύματι Θεοῦ); Exo_8:19 (cf. Exo_31:18; Psa_8:4).

δάκτυλος daktylos 8x a finger, Mat_23:4 ; Mar_7:33 ; from Hebrew, power, Luk_11:20

δάκτυλος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H676 ;] a finger: Mat_23:4 , Mar_7:33 , Luk_11:46 ; Luk_16:24 , Joh_8:6 ; Joh_8:8 ; Joh_20:25 ; Joh_20:27 ; metaph ., δ . θεοῦ ( cf. Exo_8:19 ), Luk_11:20 .†

δάκτυλος [page 136] P Amh II. 110 .8 (A.D. 75) οὐλὴ δακτύλῳ μικρῷ χειρὸ [ς ] ἀριστερᾶς , so P Fay 92 .7, .10 (A.D. 126), P Grenf II. 46 .9 (A.D. 137), etc. P Lond 46 .456 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 80) τὸν ἰδαῖον τῆς ἀριστερᾶς σου χειρὸς δάκτυλον is a reference to mythical magicians, the Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι , whose name is transferred to one of the fingers. With Luk_11:20 cf. the ostracon charm of the late Empire, cited by Deissmann LAE , p. 309, . . . ἐξ ]ορκίζω κατὰ τοῦ δακτύλου τοῦ θεοῦ , εἵνα μὴ ἀναχάνη αὐτῷ , I adjure . . . by the finger of the god that he open not his mouth to him. The word is found as a measure of length in the new classical fragment P Oxy IV. 669 (iii/A.D.) : cf. the use of δακτυλιστής in P Fay 112 .11 (A.D. 99), where the editors suggest measurer as a possible meaning, and similarly in P Amh II. 126 .32 (early ii/A.D.). MGr is δάχτυλο .

δάκτυλος [Etym: Deriv. uncertain: perh. from δείκνυμι.] "a finger", Lat. digitus, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι to reckon on "the fingers", Hdt. ; ὁ μέγας δ. "the thumb", id=Hdt. οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν "the toes", Xen. ; and δάκτυλος alone, like Lat. digitus, a toe, Ar. the shortest Greek measure of length, "a finger's breadth", = about 7/10 of an inch, Hdt. a metrical foot, "dactyl", ¯ ˘ ˘, Plat.

δάκτυλος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אֶצְבַּע ;] a finger: Mat.23:4, Mrk.7:33, Luk.11:46 16:24, Jhn.8:6, 8 20:25, 27; metaphorically, δ. θεοῦ (cf. Exo.8:19), Luk.11:20.† (AS)