εὐώνυμος
euṓnymos · G2176 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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left, left side
Pertaining to being to the left of some point of reference
ExamplesMatthew 20:21 And He said to her, “What do you desire?” She said to Him, “Say that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine shall sit, one at Your right, and one at Your left.”
Matthew 20:23 He said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit at My right and at My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”
Matthew 25:33 and He will put the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- σύyou 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκfrom 7
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀριστερός aristerós · G710 · left, left side, left hand
- Both εὐώνυμος and ἀριστερός (“left, hand”) denote the left side or left hand; they differ mainly in register, one being euphemistic and the other straightforward.
In the other Testament 1 word
- שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl · H8040 · left side, left, north
- Greek εὐώνυμος (literally 'well-named,' euphemistically denoting the left side as 'good-omened' in Greek culture) directly translates Hebrew שְׂמֹאול (straightforward term for 'left hand/side' without euphemistic overlay), both denoting the same directional concept despite differing cultural framing.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Left, left side82.7
- In Matthew 25:33, of the Son of Man's judgment it is written, “He will put the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left,” using this word to name the left side.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὐώνυμον (εὖ and ὄνομα); 1. of good name (Hesiod, Pindar), and of good omen (Plato,…
1. of good name (Hesiod, Pindar), and of good omen (Plato, polit., p. 302 d.; legg. 6, p. 754 e.); in the latter sense used in taking auguries; but those omens were euphemistically called εὐώνυμα which in fact were regarded as unlucky, i. e. which came from the left, sinister omens (for which a good name was desired); hence,
2. left (so from Aeschylus and Herodotus down): Acts 21:3; Rev 10:2; ἐξ εὐωνύμων (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 3; § 19 under the word δεξιά; Buttmann, 89 (78)), on the left hand (to the left): Mt 20:21, Mt 20:23; Mt 25:33, Mt 25:41; Mt 27:38; Mk 10:37 (R G L), ; .
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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