Lexical Definition

‎δάκτυλος‎ dáktylos (dak'-too-los) finger ^G:N-M
probably from ‎δέκα‎

finger.

• a finger

Abbott-Smith

δάκτυλος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אֶצְבַּע ;]
a finger: Mt 23:4, Mk 7:33, Lk 11:46 16:24, Jo 8:6, 8 20:25, 27; metaph., δ. θεοῦ (cf. Ex 8:19), Lk 11:20.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

δάκτυλος, ὁ,

poetry plural δάκτυλα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: -finger, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας to reckon on the fingers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]the thumb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν the toes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and, without ποδός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ μέσος δ. of a monkey, [Refs]; ὁ μείζων δ. the great toe, [Refs 1st c.AD+]. b. of the toes of beasts, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of birds, [Refs]
__II a measure of length, finger's breadth, = about 7/10 of an inch, [Refs 7th c.BC+]: Astron., digit, i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III metrical foot, dactyl, -?\~X ?\~X, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. κατ᾽ ἵαμβον, diiambus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.2 δάκτυλοι, οἱ, a dance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV date, fruit of the φοῖνιξ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2 kind of grape, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV.3 ={ἄγρωστις}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__V Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι mythical wizards and craftsmen in Crete (or Phrygia, [Refs 1st c.BC+], attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__V.2 δ. Ἰδαῖοι, ={γλυκυσίδη}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__V.2.b fossil found in Crete, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VI δ. θεοῦ the hand of God, [LXX+NT] compare Boeotian dialect δακκύλιος [Refs]; δατ- = d[ngnull]t, cf. Sanskrit a-datkas 'toothless'.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.8.19 ☩ Luke.11.20}