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 ξΔο (ξΔιξΔιο from i. e. at the right, τΐΜ ξΕΰΕφΖμ 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; (ιΘωΗΡα τΐΜ μΔιξΔιο, 1Ki_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.

δεξιός dexios 54x right, as opposed to left, Mat_5:29-30 ; Luk_6:6 ; ἡ δεξιά , i.e. χείρ , the right hand, Mat_6:3 ; Mat_27:29 ; τὰ δεξιά , i.e. μέρη , the parts towards the right hand, the right hand side; καθίζειν , or, καθῆσθαι , or, ἑστάναι , ἐκ δεξιῶν [μερῶν ] τινος , to sit or stand at the right hand of any one, as a mark of the highest honor and dignity which he can bestow, Mat_20:20 ; Mat_26:64 ; εἶνι ἐκ δεξιῶν [μερῶν ] τινος , to be at one s right hand, as a helper, Act_2:25 ; δεξιὰς (χεῖρας ) διδόναι , to give the right hand to any one, as a pledge of sincerity in one s promises, Gal_2:9 right; right h and; right side.

δεξιός , -ά , -όν , [in LXX chiefly for H3225 ;] the right: Mat_5:29 , Joh_18:10 , al. ; ὅπλα δ ., weapons carried in the right hand, i.e . for offence, 2Co_6:7 ; ἡ δ . χείρ , Mat_5:30 , Luk_6:6 , al. ; ἡ δ . ( sc . χείρ ), Mat_6:3 , al. ; ἐπὶ τὴν δ ., in the right hand ( R , txt ., on R , mg .), Rev_5:1 ; διδόναι τὴν δ ., in friend\-ship ( Deiss., BS , 251), Gal_2:9 ; metaph . of power, τῇ δ . αὐτοῦ , Act_2:33 ; Act_5:31 ; τὰ δ ., the right side , Mar_16:5 ; ἐκ δεξιῶν , on the right hand , c . gen ., Mat_25:33-34 , Mar_15:27 , Luk_1:11 , al. ; of a place of honour in the Messianic Kingdom ( cf. 1Ki_2:19 , Psa_45:10 ), καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν , Mat_20:21 , Mar_10:37 ; of the heavenly session of Christ, Mat_26:64 , Mar_14:62 , Heb_1:13 ( Cremer , 172).

δεξιός [page 141] P Magd 24 .6 (B.C. 217) Ψενοβάστις τῆι αὐτῆι δεξιᾶι χειρὶ ἐπισπασαμένη τῆς ἀ̣[ναβολῆς τοῦ ἱματίου as completed by Wilcken Archiv vi. p. 274, P Tebt I. 39 .32 (B.C. 114) ἐτραυματίσαν τὴν γυναῖκά μου εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα , P Oxy X. 1252 verso ii. 19 (A.D. 288 95) ἐγὼ . . . χειροτονη [θεὶς διὰ ] τῆς εὐτυχοῦς σου δεξιᾶς , I having been appointed by your propitious right hand (Edd.). For δεξιά = pledge see P Fay 124 .13 (ii/A.D.) πάνυ γάρ μοι δοκεῖς ἄφρων τις εἶ [ν ]αι . . . μὴ φυλάσσ [ι ]ν σου τὴν δ̣εξ̣ι̣άν , indeed you appear to me to be quite mad in not keeping your pledge (Edd.). Cf. P Leid Z .4 (A.D. 391 2) εἴωθεν ἡ ὑμετέρα φ [ιλ ]ανθρωπία πᾶσιν τοῖς δεομένοις χεῖρ [α ] δεξιὰν [ὀρέ ]γειν . So P Oxy III. 533 .18 (ii/iii A.D.) ἵνα τηρήσωσι αὐτῶν τὴν δεξιάν . For the phrase of Mat_20:21 etc. cf. P Ryl II. 154 .36 (A.D. 66) οὐλ (ὴ ) μετώπωι ἐγ δεξιῶν , P Tebt II. 373 .3 (A.D. 110 1) οὐλὴ σ̣τ̣ε̣ρ̣[ν ]ω̣ι ἐγ δεξιῶν . A curious astrological dialogue in P Ryl II. 63 .4 (iii/A.D.) assigns the parts of the body to the planets and zodiac, and begins Ἥλι̣ο̣ς [ἐσ ]τ̣ι̣ν̣ δεξιὸς ὀφθαλμός , Σελήνη ὁ εὐώνυμος . MGr δεξίς is declined like βαθύς . It has a derived meaning, prosperous, happy, as in the greeting ὁ θεὸς νὰ σοῦ φέρῃ (φέρνῃ ) δεξιά .

δεξιός [Etym: δέχομαι] "on the right hand or side", Lat. dexter, opp. to ἀριστερός, Hom. , etc.; τὸ δ. (sc. κέρας) "the right" of an army, Xen. :—adverb. usages, ἐπὶ δεξιά "on the right", Il. ; ἐπὶ δεξιόφιν (epic gen.) towards "the right", id=Il. ; πρὸς δεξιά Hdt. "fortunate, boding good", of the flight of birds, δεξιὸς ὄρνις, ῀ αἴσιος, Hom. —This sense came from the Greek augurs looking to the North, so that "lucky" omens, which came from the East, were "on the right", while the "unlucky" ones from the West were "on the left". metaph. "dexterous, ready", opp. to σκαιός "(sinister", French "gauche)"; and of the mind, "sharp, shrewd, clever", Ar. , Thuc. , etc.:—adv., δεξιῶς; Sup. δεξιώτατα, Ar.

δεξιός, -ά, -όν [in LXX chiefly for יָמִין ;] the right: Mat.5:29, Jhn.18:10, al.; ὅπλα δ., weapons carried in the right hand, i.e. for offence, 2Co.6:7 ; ἡ δ. χείρ, Mat.5:30, Luk.6:6, al.; ἡ δ. (sc. χείρ), Mat.6:3, al.; ἐπὶ τὴν δ., in the right hand (R, txt., on R, mg.), Rev.5:1; διδόναι τὴν δ., in friend­ship (Deiss., BS, 251), Gal.2:9; metaphorically of power, τῇ δ. αὐτοῦ, Act.2:33 5:31; τὰ δ., the right side, Mrk.16:5; ἐκ δεξιῶν, on the right hand, with genitive, Mat.25:33, 34, Mrk.15:27, Luk.1:11, al.; of a place of honour in the Messianic Kingdom (cf. 3Ki.2:19, Psa.44(45):10), καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mat.20:21, Mrk.10:37; of the heavenly session of Christ, Mat.26:64, Mrk.14:62, Heb.1:13 (Cremer, 172) (AS)