Digit
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
(2): ( n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
(3): ( n.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; - so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
(4): ( n.) One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; - a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
(5): ( v. t.) To point at or out with the finger.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( אֵעְבּע , etsba ´ , the "finger"), a Jewish measure of length, being about the breadth of a finger (q.v.). It was the fourth part of a palm, and the 24th of a cubit. According to Dr. Arbuthnot's tables, the digit is 0.912th of an English inch. (See Metrology).
