Strong's Lexicon
G1188 — δεξιός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1188 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δεξιός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1209 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 54 |
| Transliteration: | dexios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dex-ee-os' |
| Meaning: | 1. the right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usually takes) |
| KJV Renderings: | right (hand, side) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεξιός, δεξιά, δεξιόν (from δέχομαι, future δέξομαι, or from δέκω, which is akin to δείκνυμι; properly, of that hand which is accustomed to take told of as well as to point out; just as ἄξιος comes from ἄξω, future of ἄγω; (cf. Curtius, §§ 11, 266)), the right: Mat 5:29; Mat 5:39; Luk 22:50; Joh 18:10; Rev 10:2; ἡ δεξιά χείρ, Mat 5:30; Luk 6:6; Act 3:7; Rev 1:16; Rev 13:16; and (with χείρ omitted) ἡ δεξιά (like ἡ ἀριστερά), Mat 6:3; Mat 27:29; Rev 1:20; Rev 2:1; Rev 5:7; ἐπί τήν δεξιάν (on the right hand i. e.) at the right side, Rev 5:1 (but others take it more closely, in the right hand; cf. Rev 5:7 and Rev 20:1); διδόναι τήν δεξιάν or τάς δεξιᾶς, to pledge either a mutual friendship, or a compact, by joining the right hands: Gal 2:9 (1Ma 6:58 1Ma 11:50; 1Ma 11:62; 1Ma 11:66 1Ma 13:50; 2Ma 11:26 2Ma 12:11 2Ma 13:22; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus ii., pp. 566 and 599; and in secular authors as Xenophon, an. 1, 6, 6; 2, 5, 3; Josephus, Antiquities 18, 9, 3 δεξιάν τέ καί πίστιν διδόναι τίνι); God is said to have done something τῇ δεξιά αὐτοῦ with his right hand i. e., according to Hebrew idiom, by his own power (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 214 (201)): Act 2:33; Act 5:31; τά ὅπλα τά δεξιά, arms carried in the right hand and used for attack, as the sword, the spear, καί ἀριστερά those carried in the left hand, for the purpose of defense, as the shield: 2Co 6:7; τά δεξιά μέρη τοῦ πλοίου, Joh 21:6. τά δεξιά the right side (Winer’s Grammar, 176 (166)): Mar 16:5; ἐκ δεξιῶν τίνος on one’s right hand (Latinadalicuiusdextram), Mat 25:33; Mat 27:38; Mar 15:27; Luk 1:11; Luk 23:33; εἶναι, Act 2:25 (from Psalm 15:8 (), he is at my right hand, namely, as a leader, to sustain me). As in this expression the Greeks use the preposition ἐκ, so the Hebrews sometimes use îÄï (îÄéîÄéï from i. e. at the right, ôÀÌ îÅàÅöÆì from i. e. at the side of anyone) and the Romansab (sedereadextraalicuis,proximumesseabaliquo), because they define the position of one standing or sitting next another by proceeding from the one next to whom he is said to stand or sit (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 367 (344)). καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν καί ἐξ εὐωνύμων τίνος βασιλέως, to occupy the places of honor nearest the king, Mat 20:21; Mat 20:23; Mar 10:37; Mar 10:40; (יָשַׁב ôÀÌ ìÄéîÄéï, 1>Ki 2:19; Psa 44:10 ()). Hence, after Psa 109:1 () as applied to the Messiah (Mat 22:44; Mar 12:36; Luk 20:42), Christ is said to have ascended καθῆσθαι or καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν (at or on the right hand) of God, Mat 26:64; Mar 14:62; Mar 16:19; Luk 22:69; Act 2:34; Heb 1:13; εἶναι or καθίσαι ἐν δεξιά τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rom 8:34; Eph 1:20; Col 3:1; Heb 1:3; Heb 8:1; Heb 10:12; Heb 12:2 — to indicate that he has become a partner in God’s universal government (cf. Knapp, De J. Chr. ad dextram dei sedente, in his Scripts var. arg., p. 41ff; (Stuart, Commentary on Hebrews, excurs. iv.)). That these expressions are to be understood in this figurative sense, and not of a fixed and definite place in the highest heavens (as Chr. From Fritzsche in Nov. Opuscc. acad., p. 209ff tries to prove, after the orthodox theologians of the reformed church), will be questioned by no one who carefully considers Rev 3:21. Christ is once spoken of as ἑστώς ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, as though in indignation at his adversaries (according to others, to welcome his martyred servant) he had risen from his heavenly throne, Act 7:55 f.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δεξιός (right (hand)
Matthew 5:29
- KJV: And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out and cast from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not thy whole body should be cast into hell
- GK: ει δε ο οφθαλμός σου ο δεξιός σκανδαλίζει σε έξελε αυτόν και βάλε από σου συμφέρει γαρ σοι ίνα απόληται εν των μελών σου και μη όλον το σώμά σου βληθή εις γέενναν
Matthew 5:30
- KJV: And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not thy whole body should be cast into hell
- GK: και ει η δεξιά σου χείρ σκανδαλίζει σε έκκοψον αυτήν και βάλε από σου συμφέρει γαρ σοι ίνα απόληται εν των μελών σου και μη όλον το σώμά σου βληθή εις γέενναν
Matthew 5:39
- KJV: But I say unto you That ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also
- GK: εγώ δε λέγω υμίν μη αντιστήναι τω πονηρώ αλλ΄ όστις σε ραπίσει επί την δεξιάν σου σιαγόνα στρέψον αυτώ και την άλλην
Matthew 6:3
- KJV: But when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth
- GK: σου δε ποιούντος ελεημοσύνην μη γνώτω η αριστερά σου τι ποιεί η δεξιά σου
Matthew 20:21
- KJV: And he said unto her What wilt thou She saith unto him Grant that these my two sons may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on the left in thy kingdom
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτή τι θέλεις λέγει αυτώ ειπέ ίνα καθίσωσιν ούτοι οι δύο υιοί μου εις εκ δεξιών σου και εις εξ ευωνύμων σου εν τη βασιλεία σου
Matthew 20:23
- KJV: And he saith unto them Ye shall drink indeed of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but for whom it is prepared of my Father
- GK: και λέγει αυτοίς το μεν ποτήριόν μου πίεσθε και το βάπτισμα ο εγώ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε το δε καθίσαι εκ δεξιών μου και εξ ευωνύμων μου ουκ έστιν εμόν δούναι αλλ΄ οις ητοίμασται υπο του πατρός μου
Matthew 22:44
- KJV: LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool
- GK: είπεν ο κύριος τω κυρίω μου κάθου εκ δεξιών μου έως αν θω τους εχθρούς σου υποπόδιον των ποδών σου
Matthew 25:33
- KJV: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left
- GK: και στήσει τα μεν πρόβατα εκ δεξιών αυτού τα δε ερίφια εξ ευωνύμων
Matthew 25:34
- KJV: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come, ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world
- GK: τότε ερεί ο βασιλεύς τοις εκ δεξιών αυτού δεύτε οι ευλογημένοι του πατρός μου κληρονομήσατε την ητοιμασμένην υμίν βασιλείαν από καταβολής κόσμου
Matthew 26:64
- KJV: Jesus saith unto him Thou hast said nevertheless I say unto you Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven
- GK: λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς συ είπας πλην λέγω υμίν απ΄ άρτι όψεσθε τον υιόν του ανθρώπου καθήμενον εκ δεξιών της δυνάμεως και ερχόμενον επί των νεφελών του ουρανού
Matthew 27:29
- KJV: And when they had platted a crown of thorns they put upon his head and a reed in his right hand and they bowed the knee before him and mocked him saying Hail King of the Jews
- GK: και πλέξαντες στέφανον εξ ακανθών επέθηκαν επί την κεφαλήν αυτού και κάλαμον επί την δεξιάν αυτού και γονυπετήσαντες έμπροσθεν αυτού ενέπαιζον αυτώ λέγοντες χαίρε ο βασιλεύς των Ιουδαίων
Matthew 27:38
- KJV: Then were there two thieves with him one on the right hand and another on the left
- GK: τότε σταυρούνται συν αυτώ δύο λησταί εις εκ δεξιών και εις εξ ευωνύμων
Mark 10:37
- KJV: They said unto him Grant unto us that we may sit one on thy right hand and the other on thy left hand in thy glory
- GK: οι δε είπον αυτώ δος ημίν ίνα εις εκ δεξιών σου και εις εξ ευωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν εν τη δόξη σου
Mark 10:40
- KJV: But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give but for whom it is prepared
- GK: το δε καθίσαι εκ δεξιών μου και εξ ευωνύμων μου ουκ έστιν εμόν δούναι αλλ΄ οις ητοίμασται
Mark 12:36
- KJV: For David himself said by the Holy Ghost LORD said to my Lord Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool
- GK: αυτός γαρ Δαβίδ είπεν εν πνεύματι αγίω είπεν ο κύριος τω κυρίω μου κάθου εκ δεξιών μου έως αν θω τους εχθρούς σου υποπόδιον των ποδών σου
Mark 14:62
- KJV: And Jesus said I am and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν εγώ ειμι και όψεσθε τον υιόν του ανθρώπου καθήμενον εκ δεξιών της δυνάμεως και ερχόμενον μετά των νεφελών του ουρανού
Mark 15:27
- KJV: And with him they crucify two thieves the one on his right hand and the other on his left
- GK: και συν αυτώ σταυρούσι δύο ληστάς ένα εκ δεξιών και ένα εξ ευωνύμων αυτού
Mark 16:5
- KJV: And entering into the sepulchre they saw a young man sitting on the right side clothed in a long white garment and they were affrighted
- GK: και εισελθούσαι εις το μνημείον είδον νεανίσκον καθήμενον εν τοις δεξιοίς περιβεβλημένον στολήν λευκήν και εξεθαμβήθησαν
Mark 16:19
- KJV: So then after the Lord had spoken unto them he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God
- GK: ο μεν ουν κύριος μετά το λαλήσαι αυτοίς ανελήφθη εις τον ουρανόν και εκάθισεν εκ δεξιών του θεού
Luke 1:11
- KJV: And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense
- GK: ώφθη δε αυτώ άγγελος κυρίου εστώς εκ δεξιών του θυσιαστηρίου του θυμιάματος
Luke 6:6
- KJV: And it came to pass also on another sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught and there was a man whose right hand was withered
- GK: εγένετο δε και εν ετέρω σαββάτω εισελθείν αυτόν εις την συναγωγήν και διδάσκειν και ην εκεί άνθρωπος και η χειρ αυτού η δεξιά ην ξηρά
Luke 20:42
- KJV: And David himself saith in the book of Psalms LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand
- GK: και αυτός Δαβίδ λέγει εν βίβλω ψαλμών είπεν ο κύριος τω κυρίω μου κάθου εκ δεξιών μου
Luke 22:50
- KJV: And one of them smote the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear
- GK: και επάταξεν εις τις εξ αυτών τον δούλον του αρχιερέως και αφείλεν αυτού το ους το δεξιόν
Luke 22:69
- KJV: Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God
- GK: από του νυν έσται ο υιός του ανθρώπου καθήμενος εκ δεξιών της δυνάμεως του θεού
Luke 23:33
- KJV: And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary there they crucified him and the malefactors one on the right hand and the other on the left
- GK: και ότε απήλθον επί τον τόπον τον καλούμενον κρανίον εκεί εσταύρωσαν αυτόν και τους κακούργους ον μεν εκ δεξιών ον δε εξ αριστερών
John 18:10
- KJV: Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it and smote the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear The servant’s name was Malchus
- GK: Σίμων ουν Πέτρος έχων μάχαιραν είλκυσεν αυτήν και έπαισε τον του αρχιερέως δούλον και απέκοψεν αυτού το ωτίον το δεξιόν ην δε όνομα τω δούλω Μάλχος
John 21:6
- KJV: And he said unto them Cast the net on the right side of the ship and ye shall find They cast therefore and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτοίς βάλετε εις τα δεξιά μέρη του πλοίου το δίκτυον και ευρήσετε έβαλον ούν και ουκέτι αυτό ελκύσαι ίσχυσαν από του πλήθους των ιχθύων
Acts 2:25
- KJV: For David speaketh concerning him I foresaw the Lord always before my face for he is on my right hand that I should not be moved
- GK: Δαβίδ γαρ λέγει εις αυτόν προωρώμην τον κύριον ενώπιόν μου διά ότι εκ δεξιών μου εστίν ίνα μη σαλευθώ
Acts 2:33
- KJV: Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost shed forth this which ye now see and hear
- GK: τη δεξιά ούν του θεού υψωθείς την τε επαγγελίαν του αγίου πνεύματος λαβών παρά του πατρός εξέχεε τούτο ο νυν υμείς βλέπετε και ακούετε
Acts 2:34
- KJV: For David is not ascended into the heavens but he saith himself LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand
- GK: ου γαρ Δαβίδ ανέβη εις τους ουρανούς λέγει δε αυτός είπεν ο κύριος τω κυρίω μου κάθου εκ δεξιών μου