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Strong's G1188 · Greek

δεξιός

dexios · dex-ee-os'

from 1209; the right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usually takes)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

δεξιός (G1188)

54 δεξιός , -ά, -όν [in LXX chiefly for יָמִין ;] the right : Mt 5:29 , Jo 18:10 , al.; ὅπλα δ. , weapons carried in the right hand, i.e. for offence, II Co 6:7 ; ἡ δ. χείρ , Mt 5:30 , Lk 6:6 , al.; ἡ δ. (sc. χείρ ), Mt 6:3 , al.; ἐπὶ τὴν δ. , in the right hand (R, txt., on R, mg.), Re 5:1 ; διδόναι τὴν δ. , in friend­ship (Deiss., BS , 251), Ga 2:9 ; metaph. of power, τῇ δ. αὐτοῦ , Ac 2:33 5:31 ; τὰ δ. , the right side , Mk 16:5 ; ἐκ δεξιῶν , on the right hand , c. gen., Mt 25:33 , 34 , Mk 15:27 , Lk 1:11 , al.; of a place of honour in the Messianic Kingdom (cf. III Ki 2:19 , Ps 44(45):10 ), καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν , Mt 20:21 , Mk 10:37 ; of the heavenly session of Christ, Mt 26:64 , Mk 14:62 , He 1:13 (Cremer, 172)

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