G1188: δεξιός (dexiós)

G1188 δεξιός (dexiós)

Greek

Quick Definition

δεξιός, ά, όν Adj on the right hand, right hand, right

Strong's Definition

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

KJV Usage: right (hand, side)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δεξιός (G1188) — δεξιά

adjc. | -ά, -όν

82.8 · Spacial Orientations · Left, Right, Straight Ahead, Opposite

right, right side pertaining to being to the right of some point of reference For another interpretation of δεξιός as part of an idiom in MRK 10:37, see 87.34.

MAT 5:29 · MAT 5:30 · MAT 5:39 · MAT 20:21 · MAT 20:23 · MAT 22:44 · MAT 25:33 · MAT 25:34 · MAT 26:64 · MAT 27:29 · MAT 27:38 · MRK 10:37 · MRK 10:40 · MRK 12:36 · MRK 14:62 · MRK 15:27 · MRK 16:5 · MRK 16:19 · LUK 1:11 · LUK 6:6 · LUK 20:42 · LUK 22:50 · LUK 22:69 · LUK 23:33 · JHN 18:10 · JHN 21:6 · ACT 2:25 · ACT 2:34 · ACT 3:7 · ACT 5:31 · ACT 7:55 · ACT 7:56 · ROM 8:34 · EPH 1:20 · COL 3:1 · HEB 1:3 · HEB 1:13 · HEB 8:1 · HEB 10:12 · HEB 12:2 · 1PE 3:22 · REV 1:16 · REV 10:2 · REV 10:5 · REV 13:16

8.32 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body

Collocation: δεξιά

right hand an abbreviated reference to a person’s right hand, which is generally the dominant hand; positive associations as opposed to the left The expression in MAT 6:3 is idiomatic and means not letting others know about the good which one does (see 28.74). The right hand is often spoken of idiomatically as ‘the good hand’ or ‘the strong hand.’ Sometimes it is called ‘the mouth hand,’ that is to say, the hand which one uses in eating.
For δεξιά in the idiom δεξιὰς δίδωμι ‘to give the right hand’ (GAL 2:9), see 34.42.

MAT 6:3 · MAT 27:29 · 2CO 6:7 · GAL 2:9 · REV 1:17 · REV 1:20 · REV 2:1 · REV 5:1 · REV 5:7

76.4 · Power, Force

Collocation: δεξιά

power (a figurative extension of meaning of δεξιός[b] ‘right hand,’ 8.32) power, with the added implication of authority

ACT 2:33

34.42 · Association · Establish or Confirm a Relation

Collocation: δεξιὰς δίδωμι

to make a covenant, to make an agreement (an idiom, literally: to give right hands) to acknowledge an agreement establishing some relation, normally involving the actual practice of shaking hands

GAL 2:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

δεξιός, -c, -dv, (fr. δέχομαι, fut. δέξομαι, or fr. δέκω, which is akin to deixvyse; prop. of that hand which is wont to take hold of as well as to point out; just as ἄξιος comes fr. ἄξω, fut. of ἄγω ; [cf. Curtius §§ 11, 266]), the right: Mt. ν. 29, 39; Lk. xxii. 50; Jn. xviii. 10; Rev. x. 2; ἡ δεξιὰ χείρ, Mt. v. 30; Lk. vi. 6; Acts iii. 7; Rev. i. 16; xiii. 16; and (with χείρ omitted) ἡ δεξιά (like ἡ ἀριστερά), Mt. vi. 3; xxvii. 29; Rev. i. 20; 11. 1; ν. 7; ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιάν [on the right hand i. 6.1 at the right side, Rev. y. 1 [but al. take it more closely, in the right hand; cf. vs. 7 and xx. 1]; διδόναι τὴν δεξιάν or τὰς δεξιάς, to pledge either a mutual friendship, or a compact, by joining the right hands: Gal. ii. 9 (1 Mace. vi. 58; xi. 50, 62, 66; xiii. 50; 2 Mace. xi. 26; xii. 11; xiii. 22; ef. Gesenius, Thesaur. ii. pp. 566 and 599; and in prof. auth. as Xen. an. 1, 6, 6; 2,5, 3; Joseph. antt. 18, 9, 3 δεξιάν re καὶ πίστιν διδόναι τινί) ; God is said to have done something τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ with his right hand i.e., ace. to Hebr. idiom, by his own power [ef. W. 214 (201)]: Acts ii. 33; v. 31; τὰ ὅπλα τὰ δεξιά, arms carried in the right hand and used for attack, as the sword, the spear, καὶ ἀριστερά those carried in the left hand, for the purpose of defence, as the shield: 2 Co. vi. 7; τὰ δεξιὰ μέρη τοῦ πλοίου, Jn. xxi. 6. τὰ δεξιά the right side [W.176 (166)]: ΜΚ. xvi. ὅ; ἐκ δεξιῶν twos on one’s right hand (Lat. ad alicutus dextram), Mt. xxv. 33 sq.; xxvii. 38; Mk. xv. 27; Lk.i. 11; xxiii. 33; εἶναι, Acts ii. 25 (fr. Ps. xv. (xvi.) 8, he is at my right hand, se. asa leader, to sustain me). Asin thisexpression the Greeks use the prep. ἐκ, so the Hebrews sometimes use |) (72 from i.e. at the right, “3 Oxo from i. e. at the side of any one) and the Romans ab (sedere a deztra alicuius, proximum esse ab aliquo), 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 [ef. W. 367 (344)]. καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν x. ἐξ εὐωνύμων τινὸς βασιλέως, to occupy the places of honor nearest the king, Mt. xx. 21, 23; Mk. x. 37, 40; (3 “3 ro, 1 K.ii. 19; Ps. xliv. (xlv.) 10). Hence, after Ps. cix. (ex.) 1 as applied to the Messiah (Mt. xxii. 44; Mk. xii. 36; Lk. xx. 42), Christ is said to have ascended καθῆσθαι or καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν (at or on the right hand) of God, Mt. xxvi. 64; Mk. xiv. 62; xvi. 19; Lk. xxii. 69; Acts ii. 34; Heb. i. 13; εἶναι or καθίσαι ἐν δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Ro. viii. 34; Eph.i. 20; Col. iii. 1; Heb. i. 3; viii.1; x.12; xii. 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 Scripta var. arg. p. 41 sqq.; [Stuart, Com. on Heb., excurs. iv.]). That these expressions are tobe understood in this figurative sense, and not of a fixed and definite place in the highest heavens (as Chr. Ir. Fritzsche in Nov. Opusce. acad. p. 209 sqq. tries to prove, after the orthodox theologians of the reformed church), will be questioned by no one who carefully considers Rev. iii. 21. Christ is once spoken of as ἑστὼς ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ, as though in indignation at his adversaries [acc. to others, to welcome his martyred servant] he had risen from his heavenly throne, Acts vii. 55 sq.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

δεξιός dexios 54x

right, as opposed to left, Mt. 5:29, 30; Lk. 6:6; ἡ δεξιά, i.e. χείρ, the right hand, Mt. 6:3; 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, Mt. 20:20; 26:64; εἶνι ἐκ δεξιῶν [μερῶν] τινος, to be at one’s right hand, as a helper, Acts 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

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

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)

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

δεξιός. P Magd 245 (B.C. 217) Ψενοβάστις τῆι αὐτῆι δεξιᾶι χειρὶ ἐπισπασαμένη τῆς ἀ[ναβολῆς τοῦ ἱματίου ---α5 completed by Wilcken Archiv vi. p. 274. P Tebt I. 39% (B.c. 114) ἐτραυματίσαν τὴν γυναῖκά μου εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα, P Oxy X. 1252 vwersoii19 (Α. Ὁ. 288-05) ἐγὼ . . . χειροτονη[θεὶς διὰ] τῆς εὐτυχοῦς σου δεξιᾶς, “1 having been appointed by your propitious right hand” (Edd.). For δεξιά = ““ pledge” see P Fay 124} (ii/A.D.) πάνυ yap μοι δοκεῖς ἄφρων tis εἶν]αι... μὴ φυλάσστι]ν σου τὴν δεξιάν, “‘indeed you appear to me to be quite mad in not keeping your pledge ” (Edd.). Cf. P Leid Z* (a.p. 391-2) εἴωθεν ἡ ὑμετέρα φ[ιλ]ανθρωπία πᾶσιν τοῖς δεομένοις χεῖρ[α] δεξιὰν [dpe] yerv. So P Oxy IIT. 53318 (ii/iii a.p.) ἵνα τηρήσωσι αὐτῶν τὴν δεξιάν. For the phrase of Mt 207! etc. cf. P kyl IT. 154% (A.D. 66) οὐλ(ὴ) μετώπωι ἐγ δεξιῶν, P Tebt II. 373% (a.p. 110-1 οὐλὴ στέρ[ν]ῳι ἐγ δεξιῶν. A curious astrological dialogue in P Ryl IT. 634 (iii/a.p.) assigns the parts of the body to the planets and zodiac, and begins “Ηλιός [éo]riv δεξιὸς ὀφθαλμός, Σελήνη ὁ εὐώνυμος. MGr Sekis is declined like βαθύς. It has a derived meaning, ‘“ prosperous, happy,” as in the greeting 6 θεὸς va σοῦ φέρῃ (φέρνῃ, δεξιά.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

δεξιός (dexios) — right. δεξιός, ά, όν, on the right hand or side, opposed to ἀριστερός, δ. μαζός, γλουτός, ὦμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ δ. (i.e. κέρας) the right of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+] on or to the right, νωμῆσαι βῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ δεξιόφιν (Epic dialect genitive) towards the right, [NT+8th c.BC+]; δεξιά as adverb, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II. fortunate, especially of the flight of birds and other omens, δ. ὄρνις [Refs 8th c.BC+]. adverb -ῶς[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. Astron., northerly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV. metaphorically, dexterous, ready, skilful, clever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]a clever thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ιῶς[Refs 4th c.BC+]in the right spirit, [Refs 1st c.BC+] O.: superlative δεξιώτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. courteous, kindly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb -ιῶς[Refs]. (Cf. Sanskrit dák[snull]iṇas, Latin dexter, etc.)