Greek · G906, G1147, G5495 · unreviewed

βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου...τὴν χεῖρά μου

To throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense) · a finger · hand

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βάλλω G906 to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense)

Pronunciation bállō

Fundamental action of forceful placement: throwing, casting, or pouring with intensity or directedness.

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δάκτυλος G1147 a finger

Pronunciation dáktylos

Literal finger or metaphorically God's power and agency in miraculous intervention and judgment

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χείρ G5495 hand

Pronunciation cheír

Metonymically represents personal power or agency, especially divine power when used of God's activity.

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What does βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου...τὴν χεῖρά μου (balō ton daktylon mou...tēn cheira mou) mean in the Bible?

βάλλω · δάκτυλος · χείρ is a Greek word meaning "put/place my finger/hand".

Full entry for βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου...τὴν χεῖρά μου (G906, G1147, G5495) · Browse the biblical lexicon

Meaning

put/place my finger/hand

Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses

Aorist Present Future Perfect Imperfect Pluperfect

Voices

Active Passive

Indicative states a fact or reality 68×

Aorist Active Matt 18:30 · Mark 7:33 · Mark 9:22 · Mark 12:42 · Mark 12:43 · Mark 12:44 · Luke 13:19 · Luke 21:3 · Luke 21:4 · John 21:7 · Acts 16:24 · Acts 27:14 · Rev 8:5 · Rev 12:4 · Rev 12:15 · Rev 12:16 30×

Present Active Mark 2:22 · Mark 12:41 · Luke 5:37 · John 13:5 · 1 John 4:18 · Rev 6:13 · Matt 9:17 · Luke 14:35 · John 15:6 · Rev 2:22 · Rev 2:24 · Jas 3:3 13×

Aorist Passive John 15:6 · Rev 8:7 · Rev 8:8 · Rev 12:9 · Rev 12:10 · Rev 12:13 · Rev 20:10 · Rev 20:15 · Rev 19:20 · Rev 20:14 12×

Future Active Matt 13:42 · Matt 13:50 · Rev 4:10 · Luke 12:58 4×

Present Passive Matt 3:10 · Matt 7:19 · Luke 3:9 3×

Perfect Passive Matt 8:6 · Mark 9:42 2×

Future Passive Matt 5:25 · Rev 18:21 2×

Imperfect Active Mark 12:41 1×

Pluperfect Passive Luke 16:20 1×

Imperative command or strong request 12×

Aorist Active Matt 4:6 · Matt 5:29 · Matt 5:30 · Matt 17:27 · Matt 18:8 · Matt 18:9 · Luke 4:9 · John 18:11 · John 20:27 · John 21:6 10×

Aorist Passive Matt 21:21 · Mark 11:23 2×

Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 13×

Aorist Active Matt 10:34 · Matt 15:26 · Matt 25:27 · Matt 27:6 · Mark 7:27 · Luke 12:49 · Rev 2:14 8×

Aorist Passive Matt 18:8 · Matt 18:9 · Mark 9:45 · Mark 9:47 4×

Present Active Rev 2:10 1×

Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 8×

Aorist Active Luke 13:8 · John 20:25 · Mark 4:26 · John 5:7 · Matt 7:6 · John 8:59 7×

Aorist Passive Matt 5:29 1×

Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 20×

Present Active Matt 4:18 · Luke 21:1 · Matt 27:35 · Mark 15:24 · Mark 12:43 · Acts 22:23 · Luke 21:2 7×

Perfect Passive Matt 9:2 · Luke 23:25 · Matt 8:14 · Mark 7:30 · John 3:24 5×

Present Passive Matt 6:30 · Luke 12:28 · John 12:6 3×

Aorist Passive Matt 5:13 · Matt 13:47 · Luke 23:19 3×

Aorist Active Matt 26:12 1×

Perfect Active John 13:2 1×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 120 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 42 ongoing 16 prospective 6 resultant 3 imperative 13 background 1 subjunctive 8 infinitive 13 participle 18

Tense

aorist 78 present 28 perfect 6 future 6 pluperfect 1 imperfect 1

Voice

active 85 passive 35

Mood

indicative 68 participle 18 imperative 13 infinitive 13 subjunctive 8

NT Occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus Acts 6 — Word Ministry, Servant Leadership, and Stephen’s Faithful Witness John 10 — The Good Shepherd, the Door, and the Son One with the Father John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 11 — Prayer, Kingdom Conflict, True Hearing, and the Exposure of Hypocrisy Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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