H8571 תְּנוּךְ (tᵉnûwk) ten-ook'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

lobe

Strong's Definition

a pinnacle, i.e. extremity

Derivation: perhaps from the same as H594 (אֲנָךְ) through the idea of protraction;

KJV Usage: tip.

TWOT Reference: 2527a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) tip, lobe (of ear)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תְּנוּךְ (te.nukh) — lobe. tip, lobe (of ear)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תְּנוּךְ (H8571)

noun m

lobe of the ear = the soft part at the bottom of the human ear

EXO 29:20 · EXO 29:20 · LEV 8:23 · LEV 8:24 · LEV 14:14 · LEV 14:17 · LEV 14:25 · LEV 14:28

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תְּנוּךְ n.[m.] tip, i.e. lobe of ear (𝔊 λοβός τοῦ ὠτός, 𝔙 extremum auriculae, and so most ancient authorities, cf. Thes 1511);—cstr. in phr. תּ׳ אֹזֶן פ׳ Ex 29:20, 20 Lv 8:23, 24 14:14, 17, 25, 28 (all P). done

Bible Occurrences (7)

29:20

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

Exodus 29:20

Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes... of Aaron and his sons -, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 8:23

Moses slaughtered [the ram] and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe..., on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 8:24

Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes..., on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then [he] splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 14:14

The priest is to take [some] of the blood from the guilt offering and put it... on the right earlobe... of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 14:17

And the priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the right earlobe... of the one to be cleansed, 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.

Leviticus 14:25

And after he slaughters the lamb for the guilt offering, the priest is to take [some] of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe... of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 14:28

The priest shall also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe... of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot — on the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.