Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G2176
properly, well-named (good-omened), i.e. the left (which was the lucky side among the pagan Greeks); neuter as adverbial, at the left hand
KJV usage: :--(on the) left.
Etymology: from and ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
of good name or omen; used also as an euphemism by the Greeks instead of ἀριστερός, which was a word of bad import, as all omens on the left denoted misfortune; the left, Mt. 20:21, 23; 25:33, 41
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