ἀριστερός
aristerós · G710 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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left, left side
Pertaining to being to the left of some point of reference
ExamplesMatthew 6:3 “But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Mark 10:37 They said to Him, “Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory.”
Luke 23:33 And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
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left hand
The hand on the left side, regarded as second-best
ExamplesMatthew 6:3 “But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
2 Corinthians 6:7 in the word of truth, and in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,
How it’s used In 4 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γινώσκωto know 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκfrom 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δικαιοσύνηrighteousness 1
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
- εὐώνυμος euṓnymos · G2176 · left, left side
- Both terms denote the left side, converging directly on this spatial sense. The distinction between them is one of cultural connotation and register rather than referent — both function interchangeably to designate the left side in New Testament usage.
In the other Testament 2 words
- שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl · H8040 · left side, left, north
- Hebrew שְׂמֹאול (sᵉmôʼwl, H8040) and Greek ἀριστερός (aristerós, G710) are direct translation equivalents both denoting the left hand or left side, with the Greek term carrying an additional cultural connotation (reflected in its gloss) of the left as 'second-best' or less favorable compared to the right.
- שְׂמָאלִי sᵉmâʼlîy · H8042 · left
- Hebrew שְׂמָאלִי and Greek ἀριστερός both denote the left hand or left side, functioning as direct translation equivalents in directional and positional contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Left hand8.33
- In Matthew 6:3, Jesus instructs, “when you give to the poor, do not let your left (aristerá) hand know what your right hand is doing,” naming the specific hand as a figure for secrecy in giving.
- Left, left side82.7
- In Luke 23:33, at the crucifixion, the two criminals were placed “one on the right and the other on the left (aristerõn),” describing spatial position rather than a body part.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀριστερά, ἀριστερόν, left: Mt 6:3; Lk 23:33; (Mk 10:37 T Tr WH, on the plural cf. Winer's…
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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